Shimon Solomon

Shimon Solomon (; born 5 August 1968) is an Israeli diplomat and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2015 and was appointed Ambassador to Angola in 2022.

Biography Born in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, Solomon immigrated to Israel in 1980 as part of Operation Brothers. He earned a BA in social work at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1991. He then worked as an educational consultant at AMIT high school in Beersheba from 1992 until 1994, before becoming an educational advisor to the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports in Jerusalem between 1994 and 1996. Between 1996 and 1999 he served as an advisor to the Association for the Advancement of Education, as well as becoming executive director of an Ethiopian community centre. becoming a Knesset member as the party won 19 seats. Prior to the 2015 elections, he chose not to run for re-election. In 2022 he was appointed Ambassador to Angola.

For several years was the CEO of the High School of Agriculture and Science at Kfar Silver.