Reda Mansour

Consul General of Israel, southeastern US

Ambassador Reda Mansour holds a masters degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and is a PH.D candidate in Haifa University's Middle Eastern History department, with his research focusing on Syria. Ambassador Reda Mansour was appointed in August 2006 to serve as the Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States. Prior to this post he served as the Ambassador of Israel to Ecuador, Deputy Ambassador in the Israeli Embassy to Portugal, and Deputy Consul General of Israel to the U.S Pacific Northwest based in San Francisco. In addition to his position as a diplomat, Ambassador Mansour is an accomplished author. He has published three books of poetry, as well as a number of short stories and poems published in literary articles. He has received the Ha'retz Annual Short Story Award, as well as the Haifa University Miller Award. Ambassador Mansour is a long time activist in the promotion of dialogue between Arabs and Jews in Israel. In this realm, he served on the board of several NGO's, taking part in many projects aimed at the promotion of co-existence through cultural and religious dialogue.