George Deek

George Deek (, ; born ) is an Israeli diplomat who currently serves as the special envoy of Israel to the Christian world. In 2018, Deek was appointed Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan. He is the first Israeli Arab Christian to become an ambassador.

Childhood, education, and family background Deek grew up in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, in a building where the other tenants included Muslims, Catholics, Jews and a Catholic priest of Jewish ancestry. According to Deek, his grandparents fled to Lebanon for safety during the 1947–1949 Palestine war, having been told that the Jews would slaughter them if they remained in their homes, but expecting to return home once Arab armies defeated the Jews.

Deek earned an LLB from Radzyner Law School at IDC Herzliya in 2006. He then studied at the Georgetown University Law Center on a Fulbright Fellowship, specializing in diplomacy and international law. He worked as an attorney in Tel Aviv specializing in international law before joining the Israeli foreign service.

Career Deek joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008.

In 2018, at age 34, Deek was appointed ambassador to Azerbaijan. Deek is the first Israeli Arab Christian to hold ambassadorial rank.