List of ambassadors of Israel to the United States

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Ambassador of Israel to the United States
שגריר ישראל בארצות הברית
File:Emblem of Israel.svg
Coat of Arms of Israel
NominatorPrime Minister of Israel
Inaugural holderEliahu Eilat
Formation1948
WebsiteEmbassy

The Israeli ambassador to the United States of America is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the State of Israel to the United States of America. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious position in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to the close diplomatic and military relationship between the two countries. The ambassador and the embassy staff at large work at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Three ambassadors have been American citizens: Arens was naturalized and Oren and Dermer were born in the United States.

List of ambassadors

Israeli diplomatic representatives to the US
Name
(in Hebrew)[lower-alpha 1] 		Photo Tenure
Start End Length
(year range)
Eliahu Eilat
(אליהו אילת) 		File:Eliahu Eilat Israel Ambassador to London1958.jpg 1948 1950 1–2
Abba Eban
(אבא אבן) 		File:Abba Eban 1970.jpg 1950 1959 8–9
Avraham Harman
(אברהם הרמן) 		File:Abraham Herman1950.jpg 1959 1968 8–9
Yitzhak Rabin
(יצחק רבין) 		File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Life of Lt. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, 7th IDF Chief of Staff in photos (11).jpg 1968 1973 4–5
Simcha Dinitz
(שמחה דיניץ) 		File:Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin toasts Jimmy Carter during a working dinner between US and Israeli officials. - NARA - 175524 (cropped).tif 1973 1979 5–6
Ephraim Evron
(אפרים עברון) 		File:Ephraim Evron and Ronald Reagan 1982.jpg 1979 1982 2–3
Moshe Arens
(משה ארנס) 		File:Moshe Arens.jpg 1982 1983 0–1
Meir Rosenne
(מאיר רוזן) 		File:Meir Rosenne.JPG 1983 1987 3–4
Moshe Arad
(משה ארד) 		File:Moshe Arad, 1992 Dan Hadani Archive.jpg 1987 1990 2–3
Zalman Shoval
(זלמן שובל) 		File:Zalman Shoval 2008.jpg 1990 1993 2–3
Itamar Rabinovich
(איתמר רבינוביץ) 		File:ItamarR.jpg 1993 1996 2–3
Eliahu Ben-Elissar
(אליהו בן-אלישר) 		File:Eliyahu Ben-Elissar, 1996 Dan Hadani Archive.jpg 1996 1998 1–2
Zalman Shoval
(זלמן שובל) 		File:Zalman Shoval 2008.jpg 1998 1999 0–1
David Ivry
(דוד עברי) 		File:David Ivry.jpg 1999 2002 2–3
Daniel Ayalon
(דני אילון) 		File:Dani Ayalon 003.jpg 4 October 2002[1] 4 October 2006[1] 3–4
Sallai Meridor
(סלי מרידור) 		File:Sallai Meridor, May 2009 (cropped).JPG 4 October 2006[1] 2009 2–3
Michael Oren
(מייקל אורן) 		File:OFFICIAL PHOTO.jpg 2009 2013 3–4
Ron Dermer
(רון דרמר) 		File:Ron Dermer (26798985655) (cropped).jpg 28 July 2013[2] 2021 7–8
Gilad Erdan
(גלעד ארדן) 		File:Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan 02 (cropped).jpg 2021 2021 0
Michael Herzog
(מיכאל הרצוג) 		File:Michael Herzog, December 2021 (KBG GPO1068) (cropped).jpg 2021 present 3–4

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Hebrew names, read from right to left, link to the Hebrew Wikipedia articles for each ambassador.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "PM Olmert and FM Livni Decide to Appoint Sallai Meridor as Israeli Ambassador to the US". Government of Israel. Prime Minister's Office. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Cabinet Unanimously Approves Appointment of Ron Dermer as Israeli Ambassador to the US". Government of Israel. Prime Minister's Office. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

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