Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations | |
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since August 19, 2024 | |
Style | Diplomatic mission |
Inaugural holder | Abba Eban |
Formation | 1949 |
The permanent representative of Israel to the United Nations is the de facto Israel ambassador to the United Nations, with the rank and status of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
The permanent mission of Israel to the United Nations is led by Ambassador Danny Danon, who replaced Ron Prosor in 2015, as permanent representative of Israel to the United Nations and former director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Danon presented his credentials to UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on October 19, 2015. The deputy ambassador is Jonathan Miller. [1]
On May 11, 2020, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Gilad Erdan, minister of internal security, would be Israel’s new ambassador to the UN and in an unusual move, would also become the ambassador to the United States after the 2020 elections. [2] [3]
The permanent mission of Israel to the United Nations has nearly 30 staff members, including diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and civil servants.[ citation needed ]
# | Name [4] | Image | Years served | U.N. Secretary(ies)-General | Prime Minister(s) of Israel |
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1 | Abba Eban | ![]() | 1949–1959 | Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld | David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett |
2 | Michael Comay | ![]() | 1960–1967 | U Thant | David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol |
3 | Gideon Rafael | ![]() | 1967–1968 | U Thant | Levi Eshkol |
4 | Yosef Tekoah | ![]() | 1968–1975 | U Thant, Kurt Waldheim | Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin |
5 | Chaim Herzog | ![]() | 1975–1978 | Kurt Waldheim | Yitzhak Rabin, Menahem Begin |
6 | Yehuda Blum | ![]() | 1978–1984 | Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Menahem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir |
7 | Benjamin Netanyahu | ![]() | 1984–1988 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Shamir |
8 | Yohanan Bein | 1988–1990 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Yitzhak Shamir | |
9 | Yoram Aridor | ![]() | 1990–1992 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Yitzhak Shamir |
10 | Gad Yaacobi | ![]() | 1992–1996 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres |
11 | Dore Gold | ![]() | 1996–1999 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan | Benjamin Netanyahu |
12 | Yehuda Lancry | ![]() | 1999–2002 | Kofi Annan | Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon |
13 | Dan Gillerman | ![]() | 2002–2008 | Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon | Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert |
14 | Gabriela Shalev | ![]() | 2008–2010 | Ban Ki-moon | Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu |
15 | Meron Reuben | ![]() | 2010–2011 | Ban Ki-moon | Benjamin Netanyahu |
16 | Ron Prosor | ![]() | 2011–2015 | Ban Ki-moon | Benjamin Netanyahu |
17 | Danny Danon | ![]() | 2015–2020 | Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres | Benjamin Netanyahu |
18 | Gilad Erdan | ![]() | 2020–2024 | António Guterres | Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid |
19 | Danny Danon | ![]() | 2024– | António Guterres | Benjamin Netanyahu |
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