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Dan Gillerman (born 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine) is Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's 13th Permanent Representative to the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
. He was appointed in July 2002 and assumed his post on January 1, 2003.

Gillerman was educated at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
 and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
.

erman served as the CEO of several Israeli companies, Chairman of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, member of the board of the First International Bank of Israel
First International Bank of Israel

The First International Bank of Israel is an Israeli bank founded in 1972 through the merger of several smaller banks. It is the fifth largest bank in Israel....
 and Director of Bank Leumi
Bank Leumi

Bank Leumi is an Israeli bank. It was founded in London as the Anglo Palestine Company on February 27, 1902 by members of the Zionism movement to promote the industry, construction, agriculture, and infrastructure of Palestine....
 and the Bank of Israel
Bank of Israel

The Bank of Israel is the central bank of Israel. The Bank of Israel is located in Jerusalem, Israel, with a branch office in Tel Aviv. The current governor is Stanley Fischer....
.






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Dan Gillerman (born 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine) is Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's 13th Permanent Representative to the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
. He was appointed in July 2002 and assumed his post on January 1, 2003.

Education

Dan Gillerman was educated at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
 and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
.

Career

Gillerman served as the CEO of several Israeli companies, Chairman of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, member of the board of the First International Bank of Israel
First International Bank of Israel

The First International Bank of Israel is an Israeli bank founded in 1972 through the merger of several smaller banks. It is the fifth largest bank in Israel....
 and Director of Bank Leumi
Bank Leumi

Bank Leumi is an Israeli bank. It was founded in London as the Anglo Palestine Company on February 27, 1902 by members of the Zionism movement to promote the industry, construction, agriculture, and infrastructure of Palestine....
 and the Bank of Israel
Bank of Israel

The Bank of Israel is the central bank of Israel. The Bank of Israel is located in Jerusalem, Israel, with a branch office in Tel Aviv. The current governor is Stanley Fischer....
. He also served on the Prime Minister's National Economic and Social Council, the President's Committee of the Coordinating Council of Israel's Economic Organizations, as Chairman of the Israel-British Business Council, and as member of the executive board of the International Chamber of Commerce
International Chamber of Commerce

The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
 of the World Business Organization.

Gillerman has played a prominent role in helping steer Israel towards economic liberalization and a free market economy. He is actively engaged in the economic aspects of the peace process and has engaged Palestinian and other Arab leaders in an attempt to further economic cooperation within the region.

On June 14, 2005, he was elected to the position of Vice-President of the 60th UN General Assembly. The last Israeli to hold this position was UN envoy Abba Eban
Abba Eban

Abba Eban was an Israeli diplomat and politician....
 in 1952. Israel's candidacy was put forward by the United Nations Western Europe and Others Group
Western European and Others Group

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 (WEOG). In this position, Gillerman played a central role during the initial negotiation stages of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War , was a 34-day war in Lebanon and northern Israel....
.

On April 24, 2008, Gillerman referred to former US President Jimmy Carter as a bigot for his meeting in Syria with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal.

See also

  • Israel Ambassador to the United Nations
    Israel Ambassador to the United Nations

    'Israel Ambassador to the United Nations', full title, Representative of Israel to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, :...
  • Israel, Palestinians, and the United Nations


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  • on The Daily Show
    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show is an United States news satire television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States....
     (aired April 10, 2007).