List of ambassadors of Israel to Russia
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Ambassador of Israel to Russia Embassy of Israel in Moscow | |
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![]() Yacov Livne since 2019 | |
Inaugural holder | Golda Meir |
Formation | September 10, 1948 |
The Israeli ambassador in Moscow is the official representative of the Government of Israel to the Government of Russia.
When Gary Koren left in 2019, his deputy, Keren Cohen Gat, headed the embassy until Yacov Livne arrived on November 8 as temporary charge d’affaires.[1]
List of representatives[]
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | ambassador | Hebrew language | Observations | Israeli Head of State | Russian Head of State | Term end |
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September 10, 1948 | Golda Meir | he:גולדה מאיר | ![]() Golda Meir in Moscow |
Chaim Weizmann | Joseph Stalin | 1949 |
1950 | Mordechai Namir | he:מרדכי נמיר | Chaim Weizmann | Joseph Stalin | 1951 | |
1951 | he:שמואל אלישיב | Friedman (*October 11, 1899-20 June 1955)
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Chaim Weizmann | Joseph Stalin | 1954 | |
1955 | he:יוסף אבידר | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Nikolai Bulganin | 1958 | ||
1959 | he:אריה ה��אל | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Nikita Khrushchev | 1962 | ||
1962 | Yosef Tekoah | he:יוסף תקוע | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Nikita Khrushchev | 1965 | |
1965 | Katriel Katz | he:כתריאל כ"ץ | Zalman Shazar | Leonid Brezhnev | 1967 | |
June 5, 1967 | The Six-Day War ceased the diplomatic relations to the Soviet Union. | Zalman Shazar | Leonid Brezhnev | 1991 | ||
1991 | Aryeh Levin (diplomat) | he:אריה לוין | In 1990 he got Exequatur as Consul General in Moscow. In February 1992 presented his credentials to Boris Yeltsin | Chaim Herzog | Boris Yeltsin | 1992 |
1992 | Haim Bar-Lev | he:חיים בר-לב | Died on May 4, 1994 during his term of office | Chaim Herzog | Boris Yeltsin | 1994 |
1994 | Aliza Shenhar | he:עליזה שנהר | ![]() Aliza Shenhar |
Ezer Weizman | Boris Yeltsin | 1997 |
1998 | Zvi Magen | he:צבי מגן | Ezer Weizman | Boris Yeltsin | 1999 | |
2000 | נתן מירון | Moshe Katsav | Vladimir Putin | 2003 | ||
2003 | ארקדי מילמן | Moshe Katsav | Vladimir Putin | 2005 | ||
2006 | Anna Azari | he:אנה אזרי | Moshe Katsav | Vladimir Putin | 2010 | |
2010 | Dorit Golender | he:דורית גולנדר | ![]() Dmitry Medvedev with Dorit Golender |
Shimon Peres | Dmitry Medvedev | 2015 |
2015 | Zvi Heifetz | he:צבי חפץ | Reuven Rivlin | Vladimir Putin | 2017 | |
March 16, 2017 | he:גרי קורן | ![]() |
Reuven Rivlin | Vladimir Putin | 2019[1] |
Coordinates: 55°44′01″N 37°37′25″E / 55.733611°N 37.623611°E [3]
References[]
- ^ a b Ahren, Raphael (26 November 2019). "Moscow embassy may go months without envoy, as PM keeps post in back pocket". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Govrin, Yosef (18 October 2013). Israeli-Soviet Relations, 1953-1967: From Confrontation to Disruption. ISBN 9781135256623.
- ^ [1]
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