Meron Reuben
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Meron Reuven.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}
| birth_place = Cape Town, Union of South Africa
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Hebrew University of Jerusalem
| office1 = Diplomatic roles
| suboffice1 = Ambassador of Israel to Paraguay
| subterm1 = 2000-2002
| suboffice2 = Ambassador of Israel to Bolivia
| subterm2 = 2002-2003
| suboffice3 = Ambassador of Israel to Colombia
| subterm3 = 2007-2010
| suboffice4 = {{nowrap|Permanent Representative to the UN}}
| subterm4 = 2010-2011
| suboffice5 = Consul General of Israel in Boston
| subterm5 = 2020-present
| native_name = מירון ראובן
| native_name_lang = he
}}
Meron Reuben ({{Langx|he|מירון ראובן}}; born 1961, Cape Town, South Africa) is an Israeli diplomat. In November 2020, Reuben was appointed Consul General to New England.{{cite web |title=Ambassador Meron Reuben |url=https://www.cjp.org/streams/speaker-bios/ambassador-meron-reuben |website=Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston |access-date=25 November 2022}}
Biography
Meron Reuben was born in South Africa. He moved to London, United Kingdom with his mother before making Aliyah to Israel in 1974. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he studied diplomacy and international relations. He has two daughters from an earlier marriage that he raises with his partner David.
Diplomatic career
Reuben served as Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations (2010-2011), Ambassador to Paraguay, Bolivia and Colombia.
From 2015 until 2020, he was Chief of State Protocol.{{cite web |title=We welcome new Consul General Meron Reuben |url=https://embassies.gov.il/boston/NewsAndEvents/Pages/We-welcome-our-new-Consul-General,-Amb--Meron-Reuben.aspx |website=Consulate General of Israel To New England |access-date=25 November 2022}} He replaced Zeev Boker as Consul. He worked behind the scenes at the meetings that led to the Abraham Accords.{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Penny |title=New Consul General to N.E. says 'I'll do my best to show what Israel is all about' |url=https://jewishjournal.org/2021/01/07/new-consul-general-to-n-e-says-ill-do-my-best-to-show-what-israel-is-all-about/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |publisher=The Jewish Journal |date=January 7, 2021}}
References
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Category:People from Cape Town
Category:Permanent representatives of Israel to the United Nations
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Category:Ambassadors of Israel to Paraguay
Category:Ambassadors of Israel to Colombia
Category:Ambassadors of Israel to Bolivia