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Naor Gilon

Naor Gilon is an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Italy, the Netherlands and India.

born 1964Israel's ambassador to IndiaAmbassador to Italy and the NetherlandsHead of Foreign Ministry public diplomacy

Born: 17 February 1964, Israel
Occupation: diplomat
Education: Tel Aviv University

Naor Gilon was born in 1964 in Israel

Naor Gilon was born in Israel on February 17, 1964. His father came from Germany and survived the Holocaust. His grandfather, Wilhelm Glick, was killed in the Holocaust.

He earned a BA in political science at Tel Aviv University. He then completed a master's degree in international relations in Budapest.

Gilon joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989 and was deputy chief of mission in Hungary from 1990 to 1995. He later served as deputy foreign policy advisor to the prime minister and as a political counselor at the mission to the United Nations. At the embassy in Washington, the FBI looked into him in connection with the Lawrence Franklin affair.

In 2009 he became chief of staff to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and a deputy director general of the ministry. He was ambassador to Italy and San Marino from 2012 to 2016 and to the Netherlands from 2019. From 2021 to 2024 he was ambassador to India and non-resident ambassador to Sri Lanka and Bhutan.

In January 2026, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar named him head of public diplomacy at the ministry. He is married and has 4 children.