His Excellency Ilan Mor | |
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Israeli Ambassador to Croatia | |
In office 2018 –2022 | |
Preceded by | Zina Kleitman |
Israeli Ambassador to Hungary | |
In office 2011 –2016 | |
Preceded by | Aliza Bin-Noun |
Succeeded by | Yossi Amrani |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Tel Aviv University |
Occupation | Ambassador |
Ilan Mor is the Ambassador of Israel to Croatia. He was also Ambassador to Hungary between 2011 and 2016. [1]
Mor earned a B.A. in Political Science and Working Relations and an M.A. in International Relations both from Tel Aviv University. [1]
On March 14,2013,the Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog awarded Ferenc Szaniszló the Táncsics award,Hungary's highest state award for journalism. [2] [3] [4] [5] A dozen former recipients of the Táncsics returned their awards in protest,due to Szaniszló's history of controversy including a 2011 incident which resulted in a government fine over,according to The Independent,"anti-Semitic outbursts and his detrimental remarks about the country’s ostracised Roma minority," including calling Roma "human monkeys" [5] and suggesting he regarded Jews as garbage. [6]
Szaniszló's receipt of the award was not only criticized by Mor but also the Hungarian and international media and by U.S. ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis. [5] [7]
Mor was born in Israel but his parents came from Romania and Poland. They survived the Holocaust but numerous relatives were murdered in Auschwitz. [8]
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