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Thursday, December 29, 2022
Netanyahu taps Yossi Shelley as PMO director, Yossi Fuchs as chief of staff
Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu taps former diplomat and public official Yossi Shelley as director general of the Prime Minister’s Office.
Shelley is a former ambassador to Brazil and a former Beersheba Municipality director-general. He is also a Netanyahu confidante.
His office also says attorney Yossi Fuchs, who ran on the Likud party’s slate in last month’s election but didn’t make it into the Knesset, will be Netanyahu’s chief of staff.