List of Israeli ambassadors to France
This is a list of Israeli ambassadors to France.
The current ambassador is Yossi Gal, who has held his position since 2010. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, France recognised Israel in January 1949, and the first Israeli ambassador to France, Maurice Fischer, was appointed in 1949.[1][2]
- Maurice Fischer (1949–1952)
- Jacob Tsur (1952–1959)
- Walter Eytan (1960–1970)
- Asher Ben-Natan (1970–1974)
- Mordechai Gazit (1974–1979)
- Meir Rosenne (1979–1983)
- Ovadia Soffer (1983–1992)
- Yehuda Lancry (1992–1995)
- Avi Pazner (1995–1998)
- Eliahu Ben-Elissar (1998–2000)
- Élie Barnavi (2001–2003)
- Nissim Zvili (2003–2005)
- Daniel Shek (2006–2010)
- Yossi Gal (2010–)
See also
- France–Israel relations
- List of French ambassadors to Israel
References
- ↑ Bentsur, Eytan; Kolokolov, Boris Leonidovich. (2000). Documents on Israeli-Soviet relations, 1941-1953, Volume 1 (vol 1). Frank Cass Publishers. p. 431. ISBN 0-7146-4843-4.
- ↑ Lamdan, Neville; Melloni, Alberto. (eds.) (2007). Nostra Aetate. LIT Verlag. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-3-8258-0678-1.
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