Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (; born September 27, 1973) is an Israeli politician, media expert and policy maker. She currently serves as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem in charge of foreign relations, international economic development and tourism. She is also the co-founder and founding member of the UAE - Israel Business Council. In 2023 she was appointed by Israel's foreign minister Eli Cohen as special envoy for innovation. Biography Fleur Hassan-Nahoum was born in London, UK, and grew up in Gibraltar. She is the daughter of Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan, who served as Chief Minister and Mayor of Gibraltar, and his second wife Lady Marcelle Bensimon, both of Moroccan and Portuguese Jewish origin. Her younger sister, Marlene Hassan Nahon, was a Gibraltarian Member of Parliament and former leader and founder of the Together Gibraltar Party. Hassan-Nahoum grew up bilingual, speaking Spanish and English. In 1991, at the age of 18, Hassan-Nahoum moved back to London to study law at King's College London, where she served as president of the King's College Jewish Society. After qualifying as a barrister in 1997, she practiced law in London and became campaign director of World Jewish Relief.