Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Director-General Ra'anan Dinur today, decided to appoint Lior Shilat as Director of the PMO Division for Coordination, Follow-Up and Control in place of Avishai Cohen. 

Shilat has been an employee of the PMO for five years in which he served – inter alia – as an adviser to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. 

Prime Minister Olmert commended the appointment and praised Shilat as an outstanding worker.