Mark Regev

Mark Regev (Hebrew: מארק רגב; born 1960) is a former Israeli diplomat and civil servant who is currently the chair of the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations at Reichman University.[1] Between June 2020 and April 2021, he served as the Prime Minister's Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Communications. From 2016 to 2020 Regev was Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom. Previously, he was the International Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office (2007 to 2016). Most recently he was a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies. In September 2021, Regev started writing a weekly column in the Jerusalem Post.[2]

His Excellency
Mark Regev
מארק רגב
Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom
In office
April 2016 – 2020
PresidentReuven Rivlin
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
Preceded byDaniel Taub
Succeeded byTzipi Hotovely
Personal details
Born
Mark Freiberg

1960 (age 62–63)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
CitizenshipIsrael
SpouseVered Regev
Children3
EducationMount Scopus Memorial College
Alma materMelbourne University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Boston University
OccupationDiplomat and civil servant

Early life

Regev was born Mark Freiberg in Melbourne, Australia in 1960 to Martin and Freda Freiberg.[3] He was educated at Mount Scopus Memorial College, a Jewish day school in Melbourne.[4] He received his bachelor's degree in political science and history at Melbourne University, and master's degrees in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and in management from Boston University.[5]

In his youth, Freiberg was a prominent member of the Socialist Zionist youth movement Ichud Habonim and was active in the Melbourne University Jewish Students Society.[6] In 1982, he emigrated to Israel and worked at kibbutz Tel Katzir.[6] In Israel, he Hebraicized his surname from Freiberg to Regev.[6] He served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces.[7]

Career
Regev at an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London on January 23, 2019.

Regev began his career as a lecturer on international relations and strategy at the Israel Defense Forces Staff College.[5] He joined Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990, serving as deputy chief of mission at the Consulate General in Hong Kong, and spokesman at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing.[8] He also served as spokesman at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. Regev was the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem from 2004 to 2007.

Regev has both received prominence and criticism in international media when he presented the Israeli position in numerous interviews to English language TV[9] and radio channels[10] during the 2006 Lebanon War, the 2008–09 Gaza War, the 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense, the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict and Operation Brother's Keeper, and the 2021 Operation Guardian of the Walls.

As ambassador, Regev was involved in interfaith activities. He hosted an iftar dinner at his residence for members of Britain’s Muslim leadership.[7]

Regev is married to Vered Regev and they have three children.[11][6]

References
  1. http://www.runi.ac.il. "Mark Regev appointed head of the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy | Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)". www.runi.ac.il. Retrieved 2022-10-18. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  2. "Mark Regev Columns on The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. "Aussie Regev becomes Israel's man in the UK - The Australian Jewish News". 7 April 2016.
  4. The (Aussie) voice of Israel - In Depth, The Age
  5. "mfa.gov".
  6. Mark Regev News, UPI
  7. "Israel's man in London: Ambassador Mark Regev will go anywhere - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  8. Mark Regev, Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, 15 November 2004
  9. Mark Regev on Israel, conflict and antisemitism, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-09-23
  10. "Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - The Mark Regev One - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  11. Ambassador Regev Arrives in the UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, 5 April 2016
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