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Daniel "Danny" Ayalon (Hebrew: דניאל "דני" איילון, born 17 December 1955) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. He is a former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, serving from 2002 until 2006.

Biography

Ayalon was born in Tel Aviv in 1955. He received a degree in economics from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Bowling Green University in Ohio. He was appointed ambassador to the United States in 2002 by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Before taking on this responsibility, Ayalon had served as Deputy Foreign Policy Adviser to two previous Prime Ministers, and as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,[1] during which time he was a member of the Israeli delegations to the Sharm El-Sheikh (1997), Wye Plantation (1998) and Camp David (2000) summits. He served in New York from 1993-1997 as the Director of the Bureau of Israel's Ambassador to the UN and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Panama from 1991-1992. Before his entrance into Israel's Foreign Service, Ayalon was a senior finance executive in Israel's leading international trading company.

Ayalon was a strong defender of the disengagement plan, which withdrew all Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip.[2] He also played a leading role in the negotiations for the Roadmap to Peace and Israel's disengagement plan, including the exchange of letters on April 14, 2004 between President Bush and Prime Minister Sharon.[3]

Since 2007 Ayalon has served as the co-chairman of Nefesh B'Nefesh, an organization that encourages immigration by Jewish people to Israel from North America and other English-speaking areas.[1]

In August 2008, he joined Yisrael Beiteinu and was won seventh position on the party's list for the 2009 elections.[4] He entered the Knesset after the party won 15 seats, and was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister in the new government of Binyamin Netanyahu

References

  1. ^ a b Hoffman, Gil (2008-12-22). "Avigdor Lieberman's new foreign minister". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  2. ^ In Gaza, a Test Case for Peace Washington Post, 20 July 2005
  3. ^ Letter From President Bush to Prime Minister Sharon The White House, 14 April 2004
  4. ^ Branovsky, Yael (2008-12-22). "Lieberman to approve Yisrael Beiteinu roster". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-12-23.

Danny Ayalon on the Knesset website

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.
2002-2006 		Succeeded by
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