Ambassador of India to Israel | |
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Nominator | Ram Nath Kovind |
Formation | 192 |
Website | Embassy of India, Tel Aviv, Israel |
The Indian Ambassador to Israel is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Israel, housed in Tel Aviv.
List of Indian Ambassadors to Israel [1]
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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Pradeep Kumar Singh | 29 October 1992 | 1995 |
Shivshankar Menon | 1995 | 1998 |
Ranjan Mathai | 1998 | 2002 |
Raminder Singh Jassal | 2002 | 2005 |
Arun Kumar Singh | 2005 | 2008 |
Navtej Sarna | 2008 | 2012 |
Jaideep Sarkar | 2012 | 2016 |
Pavan Kapoor | 2016 | 2019 |
Sanjeev Singla | October 2019 | Incumbent |
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