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Gabriela Shalev
14th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
2008–present
Preceded byDan Gillerman
Personal details
BornAugust 19, 1941
British Mandate of Palestine
NationalityIsraeli

Gabriela Shalev (Hebrew: גבריאלה שלו, born August 19, 1941) is an Israeli jurist and the current Israeli ambassador to the United Nations.

Biography

Early life

Shalev was born in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1941. in 1959 she joined the Israel Defense Forces and was released in 1961 as a Lieutenant.[1] In 1966, she received an LL.B. (Summa cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] As a student, she helped support her family.[3] She received an LL.M. (Summa cum laude) in 1969, and Doctor Jur. (Summa cum laude) in 1973, all from the Hebrew University.[2] Her mentor was Gad Tadeschi.[1] Her husband was killed in the Yom Kippur War, and she raised her two children alone.[3] She was a Visiting Scholar (post-doctoral research) at Harvard Law School from 1975 to 1976.[2]

She worked as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel from 1964 to 1966 and at the legal department of the Jewish Agency in 1967. She was admitted to the Israeli Bar in 1968. She was Chief Legal Editor of the Judgments of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1968 to 1980 (and again in 1998) and Chief Legal Advisor for the reform in national health services in 1991. She was Legal advisor, arbitrator and expert, in Israel and abroad, on litigations concerning national and international transactions.[2]

Academic career

She became a teacher and member of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in 1964. She became a Full Professor of Contract Law at the Hebrew University in 1986. She was a visiting Professor at Temple Law School, Philadelphia in 1975, Boston College School of Law in 1976 and 1981, Tulane Law School in 1988, Glasgow Law School in 1991, Toronto University in 1993, Leuven University in 1996, and Friburg University in 1998. She was Director of the Harry Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law at the Hebrew University Faculty of Law from 1981 to 1984 and a member of the Standard Contracts Tribunal, starting 1983. She was a member of the Codification in Civil Law Committee from 1984 to 2006 and a Legal editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia's new edition in 1984. She was an advisor on the status of women at the Hebrew University from 1988 to 1990 and became a member of the Committee for Legal Terminology at the Israeli Academy of Hebrew Language in 1990. She was chairperson of the academic Nomination Committee of the Hebrew University from 1991 to 1994 and appointed chairperson of the Fund for Promotion of Law at the Israeli Ministry of Justice from 1991 to 2000. She was an ember of A Statutory Committee for recognition of law schools from 1991 to 1995. She was an academic advisor of the College of Insurance from 1993 to 1998 and chairperson of the Israeli Academic Committee at the University of Manchester from 1995 to 2002. She was a member of the Academic Committee at the Open University from 2001 to 2004. She became the Academic President (Rector) of the Ono Academic College in 2002.[4]

She is regarded as a leading expert in Israel in the fields of contract law and procurement contracts. She provided legal advice and wrote legal opinions in the field of contract law and civil law in Israel and abroad. She wrote nine books and more than one hundred articles in Hebrew and in English, mostly in contract law. Her publications include: Law of Contract (2nd ed., 1995, Hebrew), a treatise on Israeli Contract Law; Contract Law, Israel, a monograph forming part of the International Encyclopedia of Law (Kluwer, 1995); The Law of Government Procurement (1999, Hebrew), Public Procurement Contracts in Israel (1997), Public Procurement Law Review 185. Her books are used in law schools and law offices in Israel. Her most recent book is Contract Law – General Part, Towards Codification of the Civil Law is a new updated version of her previous works.[5]

She won Sussman's Prize in Law in 1989, became The first incumbent of the Hebrew University's Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Contract Law in 1990 and won Zeltner's Prize in Law in 1991. She won the Israel Bar Association prize in 2003.[5]

Board memberships

She was a member of the Board of Maariv in 1991, a member of the Board of the Israel Democracy Institute since 1991, a member of the Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Bank Hapoalim from 1990 to 1996, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute since 1995, a member of the Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Israel Electric Company from 1995 to 2004, a member of the Board of the Hadassah Medical Organization from 1996 to 2000, a member and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Israel Fund for Peace, established by Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres from 1996 to 2004, a member of the Board of Fibi Holdings Co. from 1998 to 2002, a member of the Board of Koor Industries in 1999. She has been the chairperson of the Public Committee of Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi since 2000, a board member of Osem Investments since 2001, a board member of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd since 2003 and a board member of the Delek Group Ltd. since 2006.[4]

Ambassador to the United Nations

On June 24, Shalev was nominated by Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni as Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations, replacing Dan Gillerman. Livni's associates said that "The UN is an arena that requires other skills in addition to diplomatic know-how. The fact that she is a woman, and a jurist respected throughout the world, with a great deal of public experience, makes her the best candidate".[6][7] Livni was criticized for the pick,[8] but responded, "It was important to me to appoint a woman to represent Israel in such an important place.... Professor Shalev is internationally respected; she has fulfilled many public positions in Israel".[9]

On September 8, she presented her diplomatic credentials to UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and became the first woman to serve as Israel's ambassador to the UN. She said that "as a woman, a professor and above all as a proud Israeli, I am happy for the opportunity given me to contribute to the state in the complex international arena of the United Nations".[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Shalev, Gabriela". nfc. Retrieved 2008-12-08. Template:He icon
  2. ^ a b c d "Prof. Gabriela Shalev". Hebrew University of Jersualem. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  3. ^ a b Kraft, Dina (2008-08-14). "Meet Israel's new ambassador". Something Jewish. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Gabriela Shalev". Ono Academic College. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  5. ^ a b "Ambassador Gabriela Shalev". The Israel Project. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  6. ^ Ravid, Barak (2008-06-25). "Professor Gabriela Shalev nominated as new UN ambassador". Haaretz. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  7. ^ Somfalvi, Attila (2008-06-24). "Prof. Gabriela Shalev named Israel's ambassador to UN". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  8. ^ Benhorin, Yitzhak (2008-11-21). "Israeli envoy say UN filled with 'hostility and hypocrisy'". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  9. ^ Associated Press. "Israel taps Professor Gabriela Shalev as new UN ambassador". Haaretz. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  10. ^ Benhorin, Yitzhak (2008-09-09). "Shalev becomes Israel's first female ambassador to UN". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
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