List of Israeli ambassadors in Guatemala

The government of Juan José Arévalo established diplomatic relations with the David Ben Gurion government in 1949. The diplomatic mission of Israel in Guatemala in 1960 upgraded to an embassy.

ambassador

Appointment / accreditation	Surname	Remarks	Leave post
1949	Eric Heinemann	Honorary Consul was previously the representative of the Jewish Agency in Guatemala
1960	Joshua N. Shai	represented Israel at the wedding of Constantine II (Greece) in 1964	1968
1968	Moshe Tov	simultaneously accredited in San Salvador , Managua and Tegucigalpa ;	1971
1981	Moshe Dayan	1981 also accredited as ambassador to El Salvador. From 1976 arms deliveries from Israel to the conflict areas of Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. On January 12, 1982, an explosive device was thrown at the embassy in Guatemala City .
1992	Jacques Yaacov lid	(* 1933) 1996 Ambassador to Colombia
1993	Shlomo Cohen	simultaneously accredited in Managua ; 1986–1990 Ambassador to Tegucigalpa .	2001
2007	Isaac Bachman		2009
2009	Eliahu López

Individual notes

1. ^ Yitzhak Oron, Ed., Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960
2. ↑ Joshua N. Shai: 1963 Pananma glin.gov  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ glin.gov  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Jacques Yaacov cover . In: Der Spiegel . No. 8 , 1993 ( online ). eltiempo.com 1996