The former North American director of the World Zionist Organization’s Information Department, Uri Dromi, has been named director of Israel’s Government Press Office.
Dromi, 45, ended his service as director as well as WZO emissary in Los Angeles in July. He is a former chief education officer in the Israeli air force and holds the rank of colonel in the reserves.
The appointment was one of a series announced by the Prime Minister’s Office this week, following Yitzhak Rabin’s assumption of the posts of prime minister and defense minister two months ago.
Israel Radio correspondent Oded Ben-Ami was named media adviser to Rabin in his capacity as defense minister.
Ben-Ami, 39, was until recently Israel Radio correspondent in the United States. He has also served as political and parliamentary reporter for the state broadcasting service.
Aryeh Shomer, 47, was appointed deputy director general of the Prime Minister’s Office, a post in which he served from 1984 to 1989.
He served as director general of the Ministry of Science and Technology for a two-year period beginning in 1989. Most recently, he held the post of head of the information department at Bar-Ilan University, from which he holds a degree in political science.
Ron Kramer, 40, will serve as assistant to the director general of the Prime Minister’s Office.
A graduate of Haifa University with a degree in Middle East history, he served until recently, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, as aide to the coordinator of activities in the territories and head of the press liaison unit for the Israel Defense Force spokesman.
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