Gabriela Shalev (Hebrew: גבריאלה שלו, born August 19, 1941) is an Israeli jurist.

[2] Her husband, Shaul Shalev, was killed near the Suez Canal in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and she raised her two children alone.

[3] Shalev worked as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel from 1964 to 1966, and at the legal department of the Jewish Agency in 1967.

She was a legal advisor, arbitrator, and expert, in Israel and abroad, on litigation matters concerning national and international transactions.

She was a member of the Codification in Civil Law Committee from 1984 to 2006, and a legal editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia's new edition in 1984.

[6] Shalev board memberships include: On June 24, 2008, Shalev was nominated by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations, replacing Dan Gillerman.

The fact that she is a woman, and a jurist respected throughout the world, with a great deal of public experience, makes her the best candidate.

[10] On September 8, she presented her diplomatic credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and became the first woman to serve as Israel's ambassador to the UN.

She said that: "as a woman, a professor and above all as a proud Israeli, I am happy for the opportunity given me to contribute to the state in the complex international arena of the United Nations".