Doron Grossman
Doron M. Grossman (* 1956 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa ; † April 3, 2005 in Jerusalem ) was an Israeli diplomat .
Grossman studied Political Science and International Relations at Tel Aviv University and Communication Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem . In 1983 he joined the Israeli diplomatic service.
His first appointment took him to Vienna , where he first served as first counselor and later as envoy at the Israeli embassy . During his further diplomatic career he became ambassador to Senegal in 1997 , and from 2002 ambassador to Ethiopia . His transfer to South Africa was planned for 2005 .
On the evening of March 29, 2005, Grossman was found seriously injured in his hotel apartment in Addis Ababa with a bullet wound to the head and his own gun in his hand and was taken to the private Hayat Hospital . The next evening he was flown out to Israel. and admitted in critical condition to Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital in En Kerem . He never regained consciousness and died on April 3, 2005. Police believed Grossman was suicide . There was no evidence of a criminal or terrorist background. However, no suicide note was found. Grossman had learned of terminal cancer shortly before the act .
He was buried in the Har Hamenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem .
Web links
- Foreign Ministry Spokesman, April 3, 2005: Statement on the death of Ambassador Doron Grossman (press release from the Israeli Foreign Ministry on the occasion of Grossman's death)
- news.bbc.co.uk, April 3, 2005: Israeli envoy dies of head wound , obituary, in English
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Database: Doron Grossman ( basis wien , accessed on January 10, 2012)
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs: About the Ministry: Israeli Ambassadors Senegal
- ↑ Exterior view of Hayat Hospital on March 30, 2005
- ^ Ambulance in front of the Hayat Hospital on March 30, 2005
- ^ Haaretz, April 3, 2005: Israel Envoy to Ethiopia Dies of Wounds
- ↑ Illustrated New World. Issue 4/5 2005: In memoriam Doron Grossman s. A.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grossman, Doron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grossman, Doron M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv-Jaffa |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 2005 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem , Israel |