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Foreign Ministry’s director general departs, joins Eli Cohen at Energy Ministry
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter
Energy Ministry Director-General Yossi Dayan (Energy MinistrY)
Minister Eli Cohen, who swapped the role of foreign minister for that of energy minister on January 1 as part of a rotation deal with fellow Likud lawmaker Israel Katz, replaces Yaakov (Kobi) Blitshtein — the ministry’s CEO under Katz — with his own man, Yossi Dayan, whose appointment is approved by the government.
Dayan, a lawyer, worked previously as director general of the urban planning departments of Ashkelon and Eilat.
Over the past year, he has served as deputy director-general of the Foreign Ministry under Cohen.
Blitshtein served for less than a year. He is set to move to the Foreign Ministry with Katz.
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