List of Israeli ambassadors

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Current Israeli Ambassadors

Host state (common names) Ref Israeli Ambassador Embassy
Website
Angola[1] Avraham Binyamin Luanda
Argentina[2] Danny Gazit Buenos Aries
Australia[3] Yuval Rotem Canberra
Austria Dan Ashbel Vienna
Azerbaijan Ref Michael Lavon - Lotem Baku
Belarus Zev Ben Arie Minsk
Belgium[4] Tamar Samash Brussels
Brazil Giora Bachar Brasilia
Bulgaria Noah Gal - Gendlar Sofia
Cameroon[5] Avi Nir Yaoundé
Canada Miriam Ziv Ottawa
Chile David Cohen Santiago
China[6] Amos Nadai Beijing
Colombia Meron Reuven Bogotá
Costa Rica[7] Ehud Eitam San José
Côte d'Ivoire[8] Daniel Kedem Abidjan
Croatia Yossef Amrani Zagreb
Cyprus Avhraham Hadad Nicosia
Czech Republic Yaakov Levy Prague
Denmark Artur Avnon Copenhagen
Dominican Republic[9] Amos Radian Santo Domingo
Ecuador Eyal Sela Quito
Egypt Ref Shalom Cohen Cairo
El Salvador[10] Mattanya Cohen San Salvador
Eritrea --- Asmara
Ethiopia[11] Oded Ben Haim Addis Ababa
Finland[12] Avi Granot Finland
France Daniel Shek Paris
Georgia Yitzhak Gerberg Tbilisi
Germany Yoram Ben-Zeev Berlin
Greece Ali Yihiye Athens
Guatemala[13] Yitzhak Bachman Guatemala
Holy See Mordecai Lewy Vatican
Hungary Aliza Bin Nun Budapest
India[14] Mark Sofer New Delhi
Ireland Zion Evroni Dublin
Italy[15] Gideon Meir Rome
Japan Nissim Ben Shitrit Tokyo
Jordan Jacob Rosenne Amman
Kazakhstan Yisrael Mei-Ami Astana
Kenya[16] Jacob Keinar Nairobi
South Korea Yigal Caspy Seoul
Latvia[17] Chen Ivri Riga
Mauritania Mickey Arbel Nouakchott
Mexico[18] Yosef Livneh Mexico City
Myanmar Yaron Meir Yangon
Nepal Dan Stav Kathmandu
Netherlands Harry Knei-Tal The Hague
Nigeria[19] Moshe Ram Abuja
Norway[20] Michael Eligal Oslo
Panama Menashe Baron Panama
Peru Walid Monsour Lima
Philippines Zvi Vapni Manila
Poland David Peleg Warsaw
Portugal Ehud Gol Lisbon
Romania Oren David Bucharest
Russia Anna Azari Moscow
Senegal[21] Gideon Behar Dakar
Serbia[22] Yossef Levy Belgrade
Singapore[23] Ilan Ben Dov Singapore
Slovakia Alex Ben Zvi Bratislava
South Africa[24] Dov Segev-Steinberg Pretoria
Spain[25] Rafi Shutz Madrid
Sweden Benny Dagan Stockholm
Switzerland[26] Ilan Elgar Bern
Thailand[27] Yael Rubinstein Bangkok
Turkey Gabby Levy Ankara
Ukraine[28] Zina Kleitman Kiev
United Kingdom Daniel Taub London
United States Ref Michael Oren Washington
Uruguay Joel Barnea Montevideo
Uzbekistan[29] Hillel Newman Tashkent
Vietnam[30] Amnon Efrat Hanoi

Ambassadors to International Organizations

Current ambassadors from Israel to international organizations

Host organization Ref Location (Website) Ambassador
Conference on Disarmament Geneva, Switzerland Ron Leshno-Yaar
European Union Brussels, Belgium Ran Curiel
International Civil Aviation Organization Montreal, Canada Joel Lion
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Vienna, Austria Dan Ashbel
United Nations Ref New York, United States Ron Prosor
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 Jacob Keinar
United Nations International Organizations in Vienna Vienna, Austria Dan Ashbel
United Nations International Organizations in Geneva Geneva, Switzerland Ron Leshno-Yaar

Consuls General

Current consuls general from Israel:

Host state (common names) Ref Israeli Consul Consulate
Website
Canada Joel Lion Montreal
Canada Amir Reshef-Gissin Toronto
China Amikam Levi Hong Kong
China Jacky Eldan Shanghai
France[31] Simona Frankel Marseille
India Orna Sagiv Mumbai
United States Reda Mansour Atlanta
United States Nadav Tamir Boston
United States Orly Gil Chicago
United States Asher Yarden Houston
United States Yaakov Dayan Los Angeles
United States Ofer Bavly Miami
United States Asaf Shariv New York
United States Daniel Kutner Philadelphia
United States Akiva Tor San Francisco
Turkey Mordehai Amihai Istanbul

Other Senior Diplomatic Representatives

Other senior diplomatic representatives from Israel

Host state 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
Washington, D.C Jeremy Issacharoff Ambassador (Personal Rank), Deputy Chief of Mission

Current and Past Ambassadors

Well-known current and past ambassadors from Israel

Ambassador Host state or organization Years
Moshe Arens United States
Shlomo Argov Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Yehuda Avner Great Britain, Ireland, Australia
Daniel Ayalon United States
Eli Cohen Japan
Anna Azari Ukraine & Moldova [1]
Alan Baker Canada [2]
Naomi Ben-Ami Ukraine [3]
Yaffa Ben-Ari Serbia
Ephraim Ben-Matityau Vietnam [4]
Shlomo Cohen Venezuela (expelled in January 2009)[32]
Yaacov Cohen Spain, Venezuela, the European Union, and Japan & South Korea[5]
Yohanan Cohen Romania and Finland
Abba Eban United States, United Nations
Dr. Israel Eliashiv Singapore 1987-1990
Dan Gillerman United Nations
Carmi Gillon Denmark
Dore Gold United Nations
Shmuel Hadas Vatican [6]
Yehoyada Haim China [7]
Chaim Herzog United Nations
Menahem Kanafi Eritrea
Arthur Lenk Azerbaijan
Joseph Ivor Linton Japan
Zvi Magen Ukraine, Russia
Eviatar Manor Sweden
Walid Mansour Vietnam, Perú [8]
Zvi Mazel Romania, Egypt, Sweden
Daniel Megiddo Republic of Ireland
Gideon Meir Italy [9]
Golda Meir Soviet Union
Sallai Meridor United States
Ora Namir China 1996-2000
Benjamin Netanyahu United Nations 1984-1988
David Peleg Poland
Avi Primor Germany [10]
Yitzhak Rabin United States
Itamar Rabinovich United States
Zalman Shoval United States
Naftali Tamir New Zealand
Shevah Weiss Poland
Ali Yahya Finland [11]
Nissim Zvili France

Notes

  1. ^ The ambassador to Angola also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.
  2. ^ The ambassador to Argentina also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Paraguay.
  3. ^ The ambassador to Australia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
  4. ^ The ambassador to Belgium also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Luxembourg.
  5. ^ The ambassador to Cameroon also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
  6. ^ The ambassador to China also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Mongolia.
  7. ^ The ambassador to Costa Rica also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Nicaragua.
  8. ^ The ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Togo.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ The ambassador to El Salvador also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Belize.
  11. ^ The ambassador to Ethiopia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Burundi and Rwanda.
  12. ^ The ambassador to Finland also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Estonia.
  13. ^ The ambassador to Guatemala also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Honduras.
  14. ^ The ambassador to India also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka.
  15. ^ The ambassador to Italy also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Malta and San Marino.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ The ambassador to Italy also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Lithuania.
  18. ^ The ambassador to Mexico also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Bahamas.
  19. ^ The ambassador to Nigeria also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Ghana.
  20. ^ The ambassador to Norway also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Iceland.
  21. ^ The ambassador to Senegal also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.
  22. ^ The ambassador to Serbia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Montenegro.
  23. ^ The ambassador to Singapore also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Timor-Leste.
  24. ^ The ambassador to South Africa also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
  25. ^ The ambassador to Spain also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Andorra.
  26. ^ The ambassador to Switzerland also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Liechtenstein.
  27. ^ The ambassador to Thailand also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Cambodia.
  28. ^ The ambassador to Ukraine also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Moldova.
  29. ^ The ambassador to Uzbekistan also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Tajikistan.
  30. ^ The ambassador to Vietnam also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Laos.
  31. ^ The consul general to Marseille also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Monaco.
  32. ^ Mandel, Roi (7 January 2009). "Israeli envoy banished from Venezuela: Chavez' door closed". Ynetnews. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652334,00.html. Retrieved 13 July 2009. 

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