Dorit Shavit

{{short description|Israeli Ambassador to Argentina}}

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| term_start = 2011

| term_end = 2016

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| successor = Ilan Sztulman

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| birth_date = July 13, 1949

| birth_place = Jerusalem

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| alma_mater = Hebrew University

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Dorit Shavit (Hebrew: דורית שביט; born March 13, 1949 Jerusalem){{cite news |title=Dorit Shavit, próxima embajadora israelí en Buenos Aires |url=http://www.delacole.com/cgi-perl/medios/vernota.cgi?medio=lavozjudia&numero=tribuna-67¬a=tribuna-67-12 |access-date=31 May 2020 |publisher=DeLaCole.com}} was the first woman to be Israeli Ambassador to Argentina,{{cite news |last1=Schachar |first1=Natalie A |title=For Israeli envoy to Argentina, a delicate balance |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-israeli-envoy-to-argentina-a-delicate-balance/ |access-date=20 April 2020 |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=28 January 2013}}[http://www.clarin.com/politica/Sorpresivo-nombramiento-frente-embajada-Israel_0_568143248.html Sorpresivo nombramiento al frente de la embajada de Israel] from 2011 until 2016.

From 1994 to 1999, she was Consul General in São Paulo.{{cite web |title=Brazil |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Israeli%20ambassadors/Pages/Brazil.aspx |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=31 May 2020}}

She never intended to work for the Foreign Ministry, having studied Islamic Studies at Hebrew University. However, after the Yom Kippur War, and recommendations made by the Agranat Commission, "she was recruited for her knowledge of Arabic culture."

Shavit’s parents emigrated to Mandatory Palestine from Germany. Her mother arrived in 1922 with her family. Her father arrived in 1936 to work on a kibbutz.