Jacob Tsur
Jacob Tsur ( Hebrew יעקב צור; * 1906 in Vilnius as Jacob Tchernowitz ; † 1990 ) was an Israeli diplomat and Zionist .
Tsur emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1921 . After attending school in Jerusalem , he studied at the universities of Paris and Florence . From 1943 to 1945 he served as a Jewish Agency liaison officer in the British Army in Cairo . In 1945 he became head of UNRRA in Greece . In 1948 he became the first Israeli diplomat in South America when he became ambassador to Uruguay in October of that year . A year later he was also accredited as ambassador in Argentina . As a result, his residence as ambassador was moved from Montevideo to Buenos Aires . In addition to his ambassador activities in Uruguay and Argentina, Tsur was also a non-resident ambassador for Paraguay and Chile from 1949 . In 1953 Tsur was transferred to France , where he stayed until 1959. During his tenure in Paris there was a significant improvement in diplomatic relations between the two states. From 1960 to 1968, Tsur served as chairman of the Zionist General Council .
His sister was the Israeli writer Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz .
Web links
- Biography (English)
- Curriculum Vitae on the website of the Israeli embassy in Argentina (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Curtis, Susan Aurelia Gitelson: Israel in the Third World (1976)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsur, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tchernowitz, Jacob (maiden name); יעקב צור (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli diplomat and Zionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vilnius |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1990 |