List of ambassadors of Israel to Russia
Ambassador of Israel to Russia Embassy of Israel in Moscow | |
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![]() Incumbent since December 2023Simona Halperin | |
Inaugural holder | Golda Meir |
Formation | September 10, 1948 |
The Israeli ambassador in Moscow is the official representative of the Government of Israel to the Government of Russia.
When Gary Koren left in 2019, his deputy, Keren Cohen Gat, headed the embassy until Yacov Livne arrived on November 8 as temporary chargé d'affaires.[1]
Simona Halperin became the Ambassador in December 2023.
List of representatives
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | ambassador | Hebrew language | Observations | Israeli Head of State | Russian Head of State | Term end |
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September 10, 1948 | Golda Meir | he:גולדה מאיר | ![]() | Chaim Weizmann | Joseph Stalin | 1949 |
1950 | Mordechai Namir | he:מרדכי נמיר | Chaim Weizmann | Joseph Stalin | 1951 | |
1951 | Shmuel Yosef Shalom Elyashiv | he:שמואל אלישיב | Friedman (*October 11, 1899-20 June 1955)
| Chaim Weizmann | Joseph Stalin | 1954 |
1955 | Aluf Joseph Avidar | he:יוסף אבידר | ![]() | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Nikolai Bulganin | 1958 |
1959 | Arie Harel | he:אריה הראל | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Nikita Khrushchev | 1962 | |
1962 | Yosef Tekoah | he:יוסף תקוע | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | Nikita Khrushchev | 1965 | |
1965 | Katriel Katz | he:כתריאל כ"ץ | Zalman Shazar | Leonid Brezhnev | 1967 | |
June 5, 1967 | The Six-Day War ceased the diplomatic relations to the Soviet Union. | Zalman Shazar | Leonid Brezhnev | 1991 | ||
1991 | Aryeh Levin (diplomat) | he:אריה לוין | In 1990 he got Exequatur as Consul General in Moscow. In February 1992 presented his credentials to Boris Yeltsin | Chaim Herzog | Boris Yeltsin | 1992 |
1992 | Haim Bar-Lev | he:חיים בר-לב | Died on May 4, 1994, during his term of office | Chaim Herzog | Boris Yeltsin | 1994 |
1994 | Aliza Shenhar | he:עליזה שנהר | ![]() | Ezer Weizman | Boris Yeltsin | 1997 |
1998 | Zvi Magen | he:צבי מגן | Ezer Weizman | Boris Yeltsin | 1999 | |
2000 | Natan Meron | נתן מירון | Moshe Katsav | Vladimir Putin | 2003 | |
2003 | Arkady Milman | ארקדי מילמן | Moshe Katsav | Vladimir Putin | 2005 | |
2006 | Anna Azari | he:אנה אזרי | Moshe Katsav | Vladimir Putin | 2010 | |
2010 | Dorit Golender | he:דורית גולנדר | ![]() | Shimon Peres | Dmitry Medvedev | 2015 |
2015 | Zvi Heifetz | he:צבי חפץ | Reuven Rivlin | Vladimir Putin | 2017 | |
March 16, 2017 | Gary Koren | he:גרי קורן | ![]() | Reuven Rivlin | Vladimir Putin | 2020[1] |
November 7, 2020 | Alexander Ben Zvi | he:אלכסנדר בן צבי | Reuven Rivlin | Vladimir Putin | 2023 | |
December 2023 | Simona Halperin | Isaac Herzog | Vladimir Putin | current time |
55°44′01″N 37°37′25″E / 55.733611°N 37.623611°E / 55.733611; 37.623611 [3]
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