Israel’s Government approves nomination of new ambassador to Ukraine

"Today [Sunday, June 20], the Israeli government approved today my nomination as Ambassador to Ukraine," the diplomat wrote on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

Currently, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine is Joel Lion.

Michael Brodsky's nomination as the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine was approved in November last year.

Michael Brodsky was born in 1972 in St. Petersburg. In 1990, he and his family moved to Israel, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in diplomacy and national security at the Tel Aviv University.

He began his diplomatic career in 2002. In 2003-2008, Brodsky worked as a press attaché of the Embassy of Israel in Moscow and a political attaché of the Embassy of Israel in Moscow from 2006 to 2008.

In 2009-2013, he held the position of Public Relations Director of the Embassy of Israel in London. In 2015-2018, Brodsky was the Ambassador of Israel to Kazakhstan.

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