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David Saranga ((ヘブライ語:דוד סרנגה)) (born February 18, 1964) is an Israeli diplomat who serves as the Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to the President of the State of Israel, Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin, and former Head of European Parliament Liaison Department at the Israeli embassy in Brussels. Prior to that he served as Consul for Media and Public Affairs of Israel in the United States.〔Leventher, Uri, "(The diplomat who tweeted )", ''Globes'', October 14, 2009.〕 Saranga was responsible for Israel’s image in the United States and was the liaison person of Israel to the American media. ''The Jewish Chronicle'' described him as “The man whose campaigns are rebranding Israel."〔(Meet David Saranga, the man whose campaigns are rebranding Israel ), David Russell, ''The Jewish Chronicle'', May 22, 2008〕 Saranga’s initiative to invite ''Maxim'' magazine to Israel generated debate about the definition of public diplomacy. Prof. John H. Brown of Georgetown University described this initiative as the first event in a new branch of Public Diplomacy.〔(Public Diplomacy Goes 'Pubic' ), John H. Brown, University of Southern California public diplomacy site, July 11, 2007.〕 Saranga was the first diplomat who implemented Web 2.0 governmental initiatives, including the first official blog of a country,〔(Israel Video Blog aims to show the world 'the beautiful face of real Israel' ), Ynet, February 24, 2008.〕 a MySpace page,〔(Israel seeks friends through MySpace page ), Bobby Johnson, ''The Guardian'', March 23, 2007.〕 YouTube channel, Facebook page〔(Israel's New York Consulate launches Facebook page ), Ynet, December 14, 2007.〕 and a political blog.〔(Latest PR venture of Israel's diplomatic mission in New York attracts large Arab audience ), Ynet, June 21, 2007.〕 Saranga fielded questions on behalf of Israel in what was the first government worldwide press conference via Twitter to take questions from the public about the December 2008 war with Hamas.〔(Battlefront Twitter ), HAVIV RETTIG GUR, ''The Jerusalem Post'', December 30, 2008.〕〔(Israeli Consulate to hold public press conference via Twitter ), Daniel Sieradski, ''JTA'', December 29, 2008.〕 In March 2008, former Time Out Tel Aviv editor David Kaufman wrote a feature story about Israel’s branding project, where he profiled the wide range of initiatives Saranga launched during his tenure in New York.〔(Best Face Forward ), By David Kaufman, AdWeek, Published March 17, 2008.〕 ==Biography== Saranga was born in Tel Aviv. Prior to joining the Consulate in New York, Consul Saranga served as Deputy Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, and was responsible for all contacts with the foreign media based in Israel. During this period he was responsible for Israel’s PR campaign around the International Court of Justice hearing in The Hague, regarding the Israeli West Bank barrier, and also was the person who coordinated and executed Christopher Reeve’s visit to Israel in 2003. Saranga has also served as the First Secretary for Media and Public Affairs at the Israel Embassy in Spain and as deputy ambassador at the Israel Embassy in Romania. He prepared for public service in the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he studied Diplomacy and Political Economy. Saranga earned his B.A. degree from the Hebrew University Department of Social Sciences (1990), and he received his MBA degree from the Hebrew University Business School in 1993. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Saranga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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