List of Israeli ambassadors in Austria

The list of Israeli ambassadors in Austria provides an overview of the heads of the diplomatic mission in the Republic of Austria since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 until today. Since 2006 the ambassador in Vienna has also been accredited as ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia .

An embassy of the State of Israel has existed since 1959. It is located in the former villa of Archduke Otto , father of the last Emperor of Austria, Emperor Karl I, at Anton-Frank-Gasse 20 in the cottage district in Währing .

At the embassy today there are also:

• Consular Section of the State of Israel
• Administrative Department of the State of Israel
• Permanent Mission of the State of Israel to the United Nations in Vienna ( UNO , UNIDO , CTBTO , IAEA )

The ambassador also acts as a permanent representative ( Ambassador Permanent Representative ) to the UN and UNIDO, there is a separate ambassador for the CTBTO and the IAEA.

list

Term of office	Surname	annotation
1949	Damiel Levin	First deputy consul, later consul
1950-1955	Arye Eschel	Consul General
1955-1958	Shmuel Benzur	First consul general; from 1956 envoy
1958-1960	Yehezkiel Sahar	First of all, envoy; from 1959 ambassador
1961-1963	Nathan Peled
1963-1967	Michael Simon
1967-1971	Zeev Shek
1971-1974	Yitzhak Patish
1974-1977	Avigdor Dagan
1977-1979	Yaacov Doron
1979-1983	Issachar Ben-Yaacov
1984-1986	Michael Elizur
1986-1990	Gideon Yarden	Chargé d'affaires (ad interim)
1990-1993	Peter Aran	Initially chargé d'affaires (ai); from 1993 ambassador
1993-1995	Yosef Govrin
1995-1998	Yoel Sher
1998-2000	Nathan Meron
2000-2001	Ilan Ben-Dov	Chargé d'affaires (ai)
2001-2004	Avraham Toledo	Chargé d'affaires (ai); from February 2004 ambassador
2005-2009	Dan Ashbel	Permanent Representative UN, UNIDO; since 2006 also ambassador for Slovenia
2009-2013	Aviv Shir-On	also ambassador for Slovenia; Permanent representative UN, UNIDO
2013-2015	Zvi Heifetz	also ambassador for Slovenia; Permanent Representative UN, UNIDO, OSCE
2015 -?	Talya Lador-Fresher	also ambassador for Slovenia; Permanent Representative UN, UNIDO, OSCE
?	Ehud Azoulay	Permanent representative IAEA, CTBTO

Web links

• Website of the Israeli embassy in Austria , at embassies.gov.il

Individual evidence

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