Rafael Eldad
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Rafael Eldad (born Casablanca, Morocco, 24 September 1949) is an Israeli diplomat. He has been Israel's ambassador in Argentina since August 2004.
Born in Morocco, he emigrated to Israel in 1962. From 1973 to 1977 he studied at Haifa University, where he received a doctorate in political science and history. In addition to Hebrew, he speaks English, French and Spanish.
Eldad joined the Israeli diplomatic corps in 1978. In 1980 he was a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. From 1981 to 1983 he was second secretary at Israel's embassy in Turkey. In 1983 he was appointed first secretary at the embassy in Costa Rica, in which position he remained until 1986. From 1986 to 1989 he was the director of the Public Affairs Division in Israel.
From 1989 to 1992 he was minister councillor at the Israeli embassy in Argentina and, from 1994 to 1995, minister councillor for the Eastern European Division. In 1995 he returned to the Public Affairs Division in Israel as its director, remaining there until 1998.
From 1998 to 2002 he was Israel's ambasador to Peru. In 2002 he was appointed director of the South American Department of the foreign ministry, and, in 2004, he was chosen to serve as ambassador to Argentina.
[edit] Ambassadors of Israel to Argentina
- Jacob Tsur 1949–1953
- Arieh Leon Kubhovy 1953–1958
- Arieh Levavi 1958–1960
- Iosef Avidar 1960–1965
- Moshe Alon 1965–1969
- Eliezer Doron 1969–1974
- Ram Nirgad 1974–1979
- Dov Schmorak 1980–1985
- Ephraim Tari 1985–1989
- Itzhak Shefi 1989–1993
- Itzhak Aviran 1993–2000
- Benjamin Oron 2000–2004
- Rafael Eldad August 2004 to date
