Following his service in the Israel Defense Forces, he studied Political Science and International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he received his B.A.

From 1978 through to 1985, Yuval Rotem served as a paramedical assistant and an ECG technician, in the emergency room in Ichilov Hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

In 1995, Mr. Rotem was chosen by then Foreign Minister Ehud Barak to be his Senior Policy Advisor for the Peace Process.

In 1999, Rotem was selected for his second overseas posting, this time as Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, California.

This posting included most of the Western region of the USA- Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Hawaii, Wyoming and Southern California.

Rotem initiated a special motion in the Parliament of Australia celebrating Israel's 60th year of Independence in 2008.

[3] Rotem was part of Governor General Michael Jeffery's first state visit to Israel and participated in the opening of the Park of the Australian Soldier in Beersheba.

In October 2016, Yuval Rotem was appointed [5] by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Israeli Foreign Ministry's acting Director General.