List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States
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- Eliyahu EilatEliyahu EilatEliahu Elath , born Epstein was an Israeli diplomat and Orientalist. He immigrated from Russia to Palestine in 1924, and spent a decade in Beirut as a student and journalist. From 1934 to 1945 he worked in the foreign relations section of the Jewish Agency, which eventually evolved into the...
, 1948–1950 - Abba EbanAbba EbanAbba Eban was an Israeli diplomat and politician.In his career he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations...
, 1950–1959 - Avraham HarmanAvraham HarmanAvraham Harman was an Israeli diplomat and academic administrator.-Biography:Born in London in the United Kingdom, he received a law degree from Wadham College, Oxford in 1935. In 1938, he immigrated to Mandate Palestine....
, 1959–1968 - Yitzhak RabinYitzhak Rabin' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
, 1968–1973 - Simcha DinitzSimcha DinitzSimcha Dinitz was an Israeli statesman and politician. He served as Director General of the Prime Minister's office and political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir from 1969–1973, before becoming the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1979...
, 1973–1979 - Ephraim EvronEphraim EvronEphraim Evron was an Israeli diplomat. Born in Haifa during the British Mandate, Evron served in a variety of positions within the Israeli government and as ambassador to several countries, including the United States from 1978 to 1982. Evron was married to Rivka Passman in 1943 and had a son and...
, 1979–1982 - Moshe ArensMoshe ArensMoshe Arens is an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher and former diplomat and politician. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arens has also served as the Israeli...
, 1982–1983 - Meir Rosenne, 1983–1987
- Moshe Arad, 1987–1990
- Zalman ShovalZalman ShovalZalman Shoval is an Israeli politician and diplomat.He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States in the years 1990-1993 and 1998–2000, and an active member of the Knesset in the Rafi party of Ben Gurion, the Statal List, and the Likud party.-Biography:...
, 1990–1993 - Itamar RabinovichItamar Rabinovich- External links :* - an official page on the Israeli Embassy website.* , from Jewish Library.* at the Kennedy School of Government.* , NYU biography.* , Haaretz , November 2, 2007.* , another mini-bio....
, 1993–1996 - Eliahu Ben-Elissar, 1996–1998
- Zalman ShovalZalman ShovalZalman Shoval is an Israeli politician and diplomat.He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States in the years 1990-1993 and 1998–2000, and an active member of the Knesset in the Rafi party of Ben Gurion, the Statal List, and the Likud party.-Biography:...
, 1998–2000 - David IvryDavid IvryDavid Ivry was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2002, and the ninth commander of the Israeli Air Force . In 1999, he was appointed first director of the Israeli National Security Council.-Biography:...
, 2000–2002 - Daniel AyalonDaniel AyalonDaniel "Danny" Ayalon is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu...
, 2002–2006 - Sallai MeridorSallai MeridorSallai Meridor is an Israeli politician. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States between 2005–2009, appointed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
, 2006–2009 - Michael OrenMichael OrenMichael B. Oren is an American-born Israeli historian and author and the Israeli ambassador to the United States...
, 2009–Present