Shlomo Ben-Ami is a historian, diplomat and former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. He holds a doctorate in History from the University of Oxford and initially pursued an academic career before entering diplomacy and politics.

He was Israel's first ambassador to Spain and took part in the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference. He subsequently served as Minister of Public Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel.

In 1993, he founded The Curiel Center for International Studies in Tel Aviv. An expert in conflict resolution, Ben-Ami has served as a negotiator in one of the most complex conflicts in modern history and politics.