Simona Halperin

Simona Halperin
Israeli Ambassador to Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byAlexander Ben Zvi
Personal details
Born1969
Riga

Simona Halperin (Hebrew: סימונה הלפרין, born 1969, Riga, Latvia) is an Israeli Diplomat currently serving as Ambassador of Israel to Russia. She served as Israeli Ambassador to Singapore and East Timor from 2017 until 2019 when she was replaced by Sagi Karni.,[1][2]

Beginning in August 2010, Halperin was the head of the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei (ISECO).[3] It is considered the “officially unofficial” delegation to Taiwan.[4]

Halperin also served as deputy ambassador in Kazakhstan and South Korea.[5]

Halperin earned an MA degree in Law and Public administration from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and has a BA in economics & business administration.[3]

In May 2023 Halperin was chosen as Ambassador of Israel to Russia.[5] She assumed office in December 2023.[6]

Halperin has five children, Roee and Jonathan, Or Tal and Yuval.

  1. ^ "Singapore". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ "The new Ambassador of Israel to Singapore Mr. Sagi Karni". Embassy of Israel in Singapore. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Simona Halperin". The Second Bilateral Israel-Taiwan Life Science Conference. Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Jonathan (2015). Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110395464. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b Solod, Kirill (25 May 2023). "Madame Ambassador". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Israel appoints new ambassador to Russia". 28 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.