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Ron Dermer

Ron Dermer is an American-born Israeli diplomat and politician who was Israel's Ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021 and Strategic Affairs Minister from 2022 to 2025.

born 1971Ambassador to the United StatesAdvisor to Benjamin NetanyahuStrategic Affairs MinisterHostage release negotiations

Born: 16 April 1971, Miami Beach
Occupation: journalist, diplomat, politician
Party: Likud
Education: The Wharton School, University of Oxford

Ron Dermer was born in 1971 in Miami Beach

Dermer was born in 1971 in Miami Beach, Florida. His father, Jay Dermer, was a lawyer from New York who served as mayor of Miami Beach, and his mother, Yaffa, was born in Mandate Palestine. His brother David later also served as mayor of Miami Beach.

He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 in finance and management. He then earned a degree in philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University, where he was president of the L'Chaim Society.

In 1995 he began working on polling and strategy for Natan Sharansky's Yisrael BaAliyah party. He wrote a column for The Jerusalem Post from 2001 to 2004 and co-wrote the book The Case for Democracy with Sharansky in 2004. From 2005 to 2008 he was the economic attaché at Israel's embassy in Washington, a post that required him to give up his American citizenship.

After working on Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign, he was named senior advisor to the prime minister in 2009. He served as ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021. As a Likud politician, he became Strategic Affairs Minister in 2022 and in 2025 headed the negotiations for the release of hostages.