Belaynesh Zevadia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Belaynesh Zevadia

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1967

Place of Birth: Semien Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Belaynesh Zevadia (Hebrew: ?????? ?????; born 1967) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli diplomat.
She was appointed Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia in 2012 and is currently the Israeli ambassador to Rwanda. Born to a Jewish family in the Gondar region of Ethiopia, Zevadia immigrated to Israel in 1984 at the age of 17, during Operation Moses.
She is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Zevadia was the first immigrant from Ethiopia to enter the Israeli Foreign Service as a trainee, working at Israeli consulate posts in Houston and Chicago.
In 2012, she was appointed ambassador to Ethiopia, becoming the first immigrant from Ethiopia to Israel to serve as an Israeli ambassador.
By 2016, she was the Israeli ambassador to Rwanda.