Daniel Laor

Daniel Laor is a former Israeli diplomat .

Life

In the first half of the 1950s, Laor was the first embassy secretary at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest . During this time, like other Eastern Bloc countries, there were increased anti-Semitic attacks and arrests in Romania , which also affected embassy staff and people who were connected to the embassy. For example, at the beginning of September 1954, the former embassy employee Jancu Aron Grinberg was arrested and accused of wanting to leave Romania without permission. The Romanian Foreign Ministry then declared Daniel Laor, who is said to have obtained the papers for Grinberg, as a persona non grata , so that Laor had to leave the country.

During his further diplomatic career, Laor acted among other things as envoy to Turkey and ambassador to Uganda as well as such, also non-resident ambassador to Rwanda . During his ambassadorial activity in Uganda, under Idi Amin , diplomatic relations between Israel and Uganda cooled down, which ultimately led to their being broken off in March 1972. The embassy was closed and all Israelis had to leave Uganda. Laor, who was among the last remaining Israelis in April 1972, was the last Israeli ambassador to Uganda until 1994. His next post brought him to Manila , where he was accredited as Israeli ambassador to the Philippines .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ American Jewish year book, Volume 56: DURING THE YEAR under review (July 1, 1953, through June 30, 1954) (PDF; 406 kB)
2. ^ Israel government year-book 1971
3. ↑ Oded, Arye: Israeli-Ugandan Relations in the Time of Idi Amin ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2006)