Mark Regev
| Mark Regev | |
|---|---|
| מארק רגב | |
| Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom | |
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Assumed office April 2016 |
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| President | Reuven Rivlin |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Preceded by | Daniel Taub |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mark Freiberg 1960 (age 56–57) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Spouse(s) | Vered Regev |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Mount Scopus Memorial College |
| Alma mater |
Melbourne University Hebrew University of Jerusalem Boston University |
| Occupation | Diplomat and civil servant |
Mark Regev (Hebrew: מארק רגב, /ˈrɛdʒəv/) (born 1960) is an Israeli diplomat and civil servant, and the Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom since April 2016. Prior to that, he was the chief spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. Originally from Australia, he moved to Israel in 1982.
He was born Mark Freiberg in Melbourne, Australia in 1960 to Martin and Freda Freiberg. He was educated at Mount Scopus Memorial College, a Jewish day school in the Melbourne. He received his bachelor's degree in political science and history at Melbourne University, and master's degrees in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and in management from Boston University.
In his youth, Freiberg was a prominent member of the Socialist Zionist youth movement Ichud Habonim and was active in the Melbourne University Jewish Students Society. In 1982, he emigrated to Israel and worked at kibbutz Tel Katzir. In Israel, he Hebraicized his name from Freiberg to Regev.
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