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Oded Eran

Oded Eran was an Israeli diplomat who served as ambassador to Jordan and to the European Union and later headed the Institute for National Security Studies.

1941 to 2023Ambassador to JordanAmbassador to the European UnionHeading negotiations with the PalestiniansHeading the INSS

Born: 4 September 1941
Died: 7 September 2023, Jerusalem
Occupation: diplomat, political scientist
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Oded Eran was born in 1941

Oded Eran was born in Israel in 1941. He studied Middle East studies and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He later earned a PhD from the London School of Economics.

After his studies he served in the IDF for 3 years. He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1966 and was posted to the embassy in London in 1971. Back in Israel from 1977, he worked on Middle East and Egyptian affairs.

He held posts at the embassy in Washington and served as secretary of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. In 1992 he became a deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry for economic affairs. In 1997 he was named ambassador to Jordan.

In 1999 Prime Minister Ehud Barak appointed him to head the negotiation team with the Palestinians. From 2002 to 2007 he was ambassador to the European Union and NATO in Brussels. He then represented the World Jewish Congress in Israel.

From July 2008 to November 2011 he headed the Institute for National Security Studies, where he was later a senior research fellow. He died on 7 September 2023 and was buried in Jerusalem.