Nissan Amdur was appointed to the position of Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in Washington in August 2009.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign affairs in 1994. This is his fourth posting abroad. Prior to his arrival to Washington DC, he completed a three year term as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Israel in Cairo. His other assignments included four years in Moscow, where he was in charge of Public Affairs and Interfaith Relations, and two years in Ankara, where he held the portfolio of Middle Eastern Affairs.

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem he worked as Deputy Director of the Jewish Communities Department at the Diaspora and Inter-Religious Affairs Bureau from 2003 to 2006. He also was the Desk Officer for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus at the Eurasia Division.

Mr. Amdur holds a Bachelors degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from Tel Aviv University and a Masters degree in Foreign Relations-Contemporary Middle East Studies, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds the rank of Captain in the Intelligence Corps of the Israel Defense Forces, where he served for five years.

He is married to a fellow Israeli diplomat and has two children.