Yitzhak Ben-Ari
Yitzhak "Micki" Ben-Ari ( Hebrew יצחק בן ארי ; * 1924 in Vienna as Erwin Rinden ; † March 19, 2004 ibid) was an Israeli diplomat.
Life
He grew up in Vienna and attended a humanistic grammar school there . After the annexation of Austria in March 1938, he left the country and finally emigrated to the British mandate of Palestine in 1939 . His parents, in turn, later emigrated to England.
In Palestine he attended an agricultural school in Pardess-Hannah. From 1941 to 1947 he worked as a security guard in various kibbutzim and also trained in local government. During the 1948 War of Independence , he joined the Haganah underground paramilitary organization . After the founding of the state of Israel, he continued his education with a degree in agriculture and law.
From 1953 to 1958, Ben-Ari worked at the Israeli embassy in Paris . 1958 to 1959 he interrupted his activity in the diplomatic service to study political science. During his further diplomatic career, Ben-Ari served as the Israeli ambassador to Germany from 1981 to 1988 . After leaving the diplomatic service, he became Vice President of the German-Israeli Society . Ben-Ari died in Vienna in April 2004 at the age of 80.
Web links
- obituary
- Jitzhak Ben-Ari in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ben-Ari, Yitzhak |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ben-Ari, Micki (nickname); Rinden, Erwin (maiden name); יצחק בן ארי (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 2004 |
| Place of death | Vienna |