Nimrod Barkan (Hebrew: נמרוד ברקן) (born September 1, 1952) is an Israeli diplomat and the Ambassador of Israel to Canada.
Having completed his military service and academic studies, Barkan joined the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1977.
His foreign assignments include serving as Consul of Israel for the Mid-Atlantic Region based in Philadelphia (1982–1985), Political Counselor in the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt (1985–1987), Minister for Public Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC (1992–1995) and Consul General in the Pacific North West, based in San Francisco (1995–1997).
From February 2010 to September 2014, Barkan was the Ambassador of Israel to Multilateral organizations in France (OECD, UNESCO, COE), based in Paris.
Between 2014 and 2016, Barkan was both an Abba Eban research fellow at the Truman Institute[2] of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Ambassador for Special Assignments in the Bureau of International Organizations, representing Israel in the UN Third Committee Sessions.