Michael Brodsky (diplomat)

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Michael Brodsky
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Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Assumed office
September 6, 2015
Personal details
Born1972 (age 49–50)
Saint Petersburg, USSR
Alma materTel Aviv University

Michael Brodsky (born 1972) is an Israeli diplomat. He was nominated as the next Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine[1] on November 26, 2020.[2] From 2015 to 2018 Brodsky served as the Israeli ambassador to The Republic of Kazakhstan.[3] He was succeeded by Ms Liat Wexelman in September, 2018.[4]

Personal life[]

Michael Brodsky was born on August 19, 1972 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1990,he made Aliyah to Israel together with his family. Michael Brodsky received a bachelor's degree in political science, and a master's degree in diplomacy and national security from Tel Aviv University. Michael Brodsky is married to Regina Shafir and has three children.[5]

Career[]

Brodsky joined the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2002. He served as press attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Moscow (2003-2008), political attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Moscow (2006-2008) and director of public affairs at the Israeli Embassy in London (2009-2013). From 2015 to 2018 he served as the Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan. In 2016 he coordinated the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Kazakhstan, the first such visit ever. In media interviews, Brodsky urged that the relations between the two countries would reach the level of strategic partnership.[6]

In 2015 he was nominated by the news website 'newsru.co.il'[7] for 'Hero of the Year' award, for being the first civil servant to reach the rank of ambassador from the 1990s Post-Soviet aliyah.[8]

He speaks Russian, Hebrew, English and German.

In 2021, following the annual march in Kiev in honor of Stepan Bandera's birthday, the leader of the Ukrainian nationalists, Brodsky stated that Bandera was a Nazi collaborator. The day after, the adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Yarosh, former leader of Right Sector, stated that "The Israeli ambassador is an agent of influence for the Kremlin. And it is necessary to drive such ”diplomats“ from Ukraine".[9][10]

Publications[]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brodsky published several articles on the effect the pandemic might have on international diplomacy,[11][12][13] and on the topic of medical diplomacy.[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Послом Израиля в Украине станет дипломат Михаил Бродский".
  2. ^ "Послом Израиля в Украине станет дипломат Михаил Бродский". ukrinform.ru.
  3. ^ "משרד ראש הממשלה". GOV.IL.
  4. ^ Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  5. ^ Ambassador's biography on the embassie's website
  6. ^ "New Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan appointed". September 2015.
  7. ^ "Новости Израиля и мира. События на Ближнем Востоке. Фоторепортажи". newsru.co.il.
  8. ^ "Герои и антигерои Израиля 2015 года". newsru.co.il.
  9. ^ "YAROSH CALLED THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR "AGENT OF THE KREMLIN" – WHAT IS THE REASON". globalhappenings.com.
  10. ^ "Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky called Stepan Bandera "not a hero" – Dmitry Yarosh replied – news from Ukraine, World". new.fox-24.com.
  11. ^ "Diplomacy after the coronavirus".
  12. ^ "Diplomacy after the Coronavirus pandemic". 3 April 2020.
  13. ^ https://mfa.gov.il/MFARUS/PressRoom/2020/Pages/Diplomacy-after-the-coronavirus---perspectives-for-a-change.aspx}}[bare URL]
  14. ^ "Время глобальной медицинской дипломатии". 16 April 2020.
  15. ^ "מיכאל ברודסקי: זמן לדיפלומטיה רפואית". 20 April 2020.
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