Draft:Meir Romem


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Meir Romem (מאיר רומם, born 29 August 1941) was an Israeli diplomat.

Biography
Meir Romem (nee Hochberg) was born in 1941 and raised in Ness Ziona, Israel. He served in the Israeli army in the יחידה 8200 unit. In 1963, he replaced his father at the last moment as the torch lighter at the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony. He studied for and received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from the Political Science and Middle East Studies department. Later, he studied and received and a master's degree from the University of Haifa from the Political Science and Middle East Studies department.

Meir is married to Dr. Rosalind Romem, has 4 children and has 14 grandchildren.

Diplomatic career
Meir worked at the Israeli foreign office from 1970-1974 as the political assistant to the Israeli Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Abba Eban   and Yigal Allon. From 1974 to 1979, Meir served as the Vice Consul General at the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1979, he returned to work in the research department of the Foreign Affairs ministry. In 1982, he was sent to be the Vice Ambassador of Israel to Sweden until 1985. After his tenure in Sweden, he returned to Israel, performing several leading roles in the foreign office, including instructing at Israel's military academy under Yaacov Lapidot, with pupils such as Amos Malka and Yitzhak Brik.

From 1991 to 1995, Meir served as Consul General at the Israeli consulate in Houston, Texas. During this period he maintained a relationship with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, future US presidents. Upon his return to Israel in 1995, he was appointed head of the North America department of the foreign office, a role he fulfilled until 1999. From 1999 to 2003, Meir served as Consul General at the Israeli consulate in Toronto, Canada.

During his career, Meir promoted strong ties with the US military, upcoming US national politicians and forwarded ties with high-tech companies.