Ambassadors from Israel
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This is a list of ambassadors from Israel.
The incumbents change from time to time; sometimes a post starts or stops being temporarily headed by a lower ranking diplomat. Occasionally, a post is created or abolished.
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[edit] Current Israeli Ambassadors
| Host country (common names) | Ref | Israeli Ambassador | Embassy Website |
| Angola[1] | Avraham Binyamin | Luanda | |
| Argentina[2] | Refael Eldad | Buenos Aries | |
| Australia[3] | Naftali Tamir | Canberra | |
| Austria | Dan Ashbel | Vienna | |
| Azerbaijan | Ref | Arthur Lenk | Baku |
| Belarus | Zev Ben Arie | Minsk | |
| Belgium[4] | Yehudi Keinar | Brussels | |
| Brazil | Ziporra Rimon | Brasilia | |
| Bulgaria | Noah Gal - Gendlar | Sofia | |
| Cameroon[5] | Benny Omer | Yaoundé | |
| Canada | Alan Baker | Ottawa | |
| Chile | David Cohen | Santiago | |
| China[6] | Yehoyada Haim | Beijing | |
| Colombia | Yair Recanati | Bogotá | |
| Costa Rica[7] | Ehud Eitam | San José | |
| Côte d'Ivoire[8] | Daniel Kedem | Abidjan | |
| Croatia | Shmuel Meirom | Zagreb | |
| Cyprus | Avhraham Hadad | Nicosia | |
| Czech Republic | Aryeh Arazi | Prague | |
| Denmark | David Waltzer | Copenhagen | |
| Dominican Republic[9] | Yoav Baron | Santo Domingo | |
| Ecuador | Daniel Saban | Quito | |
| Egypt | Shlomo Cohen | Cairo | |
| El Salvador[10] | Tzuriel Raphael212.199.240.17 12:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC) | San Salvador | |
| Eritrea | Menahem Kanafi | Asmara | |
| Ethiopia[11] | Yaakov Amitai | Addis Ababa | |
| Finland[12] | Shemi Zur | Finland | |
| France | Daniel Shek | Paris | |
| Georgia | Shabtai Zur | Tbilisi | |
| Germany | Shimon Stein | Berlin | |
| Greece | Ali Yihiye | Athens | |
| Guatemala[13] | Yitzhak Bachman | Guatemala | |
| Holy See | Oded Ben Hur | Vatican | |
| Hungary | David Admon | Budapest | |
| India[14] | David Danieli | New Delhi | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | ||
| Ireland | Zion Evroni | Dublin | |
| Italy[15] | Gideon Meir | Rome | |
| Japan | Eli Cohen | Tokyo | |
| Jordan | Jacob Rosenne | Amman | |
| Kazakhstan | Ron Yishai | Almaty | |
| Kenya[16] | Emmanuel Seri | Nairobi | |
| South Korea | Yigal Caspy | Seoul | |
| Latvia[17] | Chen Ivri | Riga | |
| Mauritania | Boaz Bismot | Nouakchott | |
| Mexico[18] | Yosef Livneh | Mexico City | |
| Myanmar | Ruth Shatz | Yangon | |
| Nepal | Dan Stav | Kathmandu | |
| Netherlands | Harry Knei-Tal | The Hague | |
| Nigeria[19] | Noam Katz | Abuja | |
| Norway[20] | Miriam Shomrat | Oslo | |
| Panama | Menashe Baron | Panama | |
| Peru | Walid Monsour | Lima | |
| Philippines | Yehoshua Sagie | Manila | |
| Poland | David Peleg | Warsaw | |
| Portugal | Aaron Ram | Lisbon | |
| Romania | Rodika Radian - Gordon | Bucharest | |
| Russia | Anna Azari | Moscow | |
| Senegal[21] | Gideon Behar | Dakar | |
| Serbia[22] | Yafa Ben Ari | Belgrade | |
| Singapore[23] | Ilan Ben Dov | Singapore | |
| Slovakia | Zev Boker | Bratislava | |
| South Africa[24] | Ilan Baruch | Pretoria | |
| Spain[25] | Victor Harel | Madrid | |
| Sweden | Evitar Manor | Stockholm | |
| Switzerland[26] | Ilan Elgar | Bern | |
| Thailand[27] | Yael Rubinstein | Bangkok | |
| Turkey | Pinhas Avivi | Ankara | |
| Ukraine[28] | Zina Kleitman nominated | Kiev | |
| United Kingdom | Zvi Hefetz | London | |
| United States | Ref | Salai Meridor | Washington |
| Uruguay | Joel Barnea | Montevideo | |
| Uzbekistan[29] | Ami Mehl | Tashkent | |
| Venezuela[30] | Shlomo Cohen | Caracas | |
| Vietnam[31] | Efi Ben Matityahu | Hanoi |
[edit] Ambassadors to International Organizations
Current ambassadors from Israel to international organizations
| Host organization | Ref | Location (Website) | Ambassador |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference on Disarmament | Geneva, Switzerland | Isaac Levanon | |
| European Union | Brussels, Belgium | Oded Eran | |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | Montreal, Canada | Mark Ataly | |
| Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Vienna, Austria | Dan Ashbel | |
| United Nations | Ref | New York, United States | Dan Gillerman |
| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome, Italy | Gila Livnat Rosiner | |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | Paris, France | David Kornbluth | |
| United Nations Environment Programme | Nairobi, Kenya | Emanuel Seri | |
| United Nations International Organizations in Vienna | Vienna, Austria | Dan Ashbel | |
| United Nations International Organizations in Geneva | Geneva, Switzerland | Isaac Levanon |
[edit] Consuls General
Current consuls general from Israel:
| Host country (common names) | Ref | Israeli Consul | Consulate Website |
| Canada | Mark Ataly | Montreal | |
| Canada | Yaakov Brosh | Toronto | |
| China | Dan Ben Eliezer | Hong Kong | |
| China | Uri Gutman | Shanghai | |
| France[32] | Arie Avidor | Marsaille | |
| India | Daniel Zonstein | Mumbai | |
| United States | Rada Manzour | Atlanta | |
| United States | Nadav Tamir | Boston | |
| United States | Baruch Binah | Chicago | |
| United States | Asher Yarden | Houston | |
| United States | Ehud Danoch | Los Angeles | |
| United States | Yitzhak Ben Gad | Miami | |
| United States | Aryeh Mekel | New York | |
| United States | Ureil Palti | Philadelphia | |
| United States | David Akov | San Francisco | |
| Turkey | Mordehai Amihai | Istanbul |
[edit] Other Senior Diplomatic Representatives
Other senior diplomatic representatives from Israel
| Host country | Representative | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Ehud Gol | Ambassador, based in Jerusalem |
| Kyrgistan | Ehud Gol | Ambassador, based in Jerusalem |
| Macedonia | Amira Arnon | Ambassador, based in Jerusalem |
| Qatar | Roi Rosenblit | Head, Trade Office |
| Slovenia | Amira Arnon | Ambassador, based in Jerusalem |
| Taiwan | Rafi Gamzu | Head, Trade Office |
| Turkmenistan | Ehud Gol | Ambassador, based in Jerusalem |
[edit] Past Ambassadors
Well-known past ambassadors from Israel
| Ambassador | Host country or organization |
|---|---|
| Moshe Arens | United States |
| Shlomo Argov | Mexico, Netherlands, Great Britain |
| Daniel Ayalon | United States |
| Abba Eban | United States, United Nations |
| Carmi Gillon | Denmark |
| Dore Gold | United Nations |
| Chaim Herzog | United Nations |
| Joseph Ivor Linton | Japan |
| Zvi Magen | Ukraine, Russia |
| Zvi Mazel | Egypt, Sweden |
| Golda Meir | Soviet Union |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | United Nations |
| Yitzhak Rabin | United States |
| Itamar Rabinovitch | United States |
| Zalman Shoval | United States |
[edit] Notes
- ^ The ambassador to Angola also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.
- ^ The ambassador to Argentina also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Paraguay.
- ^ The ambassador to Australia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
- ^ The ambassador to Belgium also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Luxembourg.
- ^ The ambassador to Cameroon also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Central African Republic,Congo, Equatorial Guineaand Gabon.
- ^ The ambassador to China also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Mongolia.
- ^ The ambassador to Costa Rica also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Nicaragua.
- ^ The ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Togo.
- ^ The ambassador to the Dominican Republic also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- ^ The ambassador to El Salvador also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Belize.
- ^ The ambassador to Ethiopia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Burundi and Rwanda.
- ^ The ambassador to Finland also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Estonia.
- ^ The ambassador to Guatemala also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Honduras.
- ^ The ambassador to India also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka.
- ^ The ambassador to Italy also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Malta and San Marino.
- ^ The ambassador to Kenya also serves as Israel's representative to UN organizations in Nairobi and non-resident Ambassador to Malawi, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
- ^ The ambassador to Italy also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Lithuania.
- ^ The ambassador to Mexico also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Bahamas.
- ^ The ambassador to Nigeria also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Ghana.
- ^ The ambassador to Norway also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Iceland.
- ^ The ambassador to Senegal also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.
- ^ The ambassador to Serbia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Montenegro.
- ^ The ambassador to Singapore also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Timor-Leste.
- ^ The ambassador to South Africa also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
- ^ The ambassador to Spain also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Andorra.
- ^ The ambassador to Switzerland also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Liechtenstein.
- ^ The ambassador to Thailand also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Cambodia.
- ^ The ambassador to Ukraine also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Moldova.
- ^ The ambassador to Uzbekistan also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Tajikistan.
- ^ The ambassador to Venezuela also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Barbados, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
- ^ The ambassador to Vietnam also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Laos.
- ^ The consul general to Marsaille also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Monaco.
