Gideon Meir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gideon Meir

Israeli diplomat

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1947

Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Israel

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gideon Meir (Hebrew: ????? ?????) is an Israeli diplomat. Born in Jerusalem, he served in the Israel Defense Forces 1965–1967.
He worked as Consul and Administration Officer for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.
and was a member of the negotiating team that drafted Israel's peace treaty with Egypt.
As Director of the Training Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, his responsibilities included training of diplomats.Until November 2006, Meir served as Deputy Director-General for media and public affairs in the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Previously he was Minister Plenipotentiary (DCM-Deputy Chief of Mission) at the Israeli embassy in London.
In 2006–2011, he was Israeli ambassador to Italy.
The Jerusalem Post In July 2011, he was appointed head of the Foreign Ministry's public affairs directorate.On 24 November 2019, the former diplomat sparked controversy, Holocaust distortion and victim blaming by writing that "Germans wouldn’t have built the camps in Poland without the corporation [sic] of the polish [sic] people" on the social media platform Twitter.