Eliyahu Ben-Elissar

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Eliahu Ben Elissar
אליהו בן אלישר
Ambassador of Israel to Egypt
In office
1980–1981
Succeeded byMoshe Sasson
Member of the Knesset for Likud
In office
1981–1996
Ambassador of Israel to the United States
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byItamar Rabinovich
Succeeded byZalman Shoval
Ambassador of Israel to France
In office
1998–2000
Personal details
Born(1932-08-02)2 August 1932
Radom, Poland
Died12 August 2000(2000-08-12) (aged 68)
Paris, France
Political partyLikud
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Alma materUniversity of Paris
University of Geneva
Graduate Institute of International Studies
OccupationPolitician, Statesman, Author

Eliyahu Ben-Elissar (Hebrew: אליהו בן אלישר; 2 August 1932 - 12 August 2000) was an Israeli politician and diplomat.

Biography

Born Eli Gottlieb in Radom in Poland in 1932, Ben-Elissar was the son of a distinguished family.[1] His parents were Eliezer and Hela (née Dobrzynska) Gottlieb. Eliezer and his brother, Jacob, owned and operated Brago, a successful foundry. Eli was the youngest of three siblings. The eldest, a sister Diana, was born on 7 August 1923, and a brother, Nathan, was born on 21 November 1925.

Ten-year-old Gottlieb immigrated to

Graduate Institute of International Studies.[3]

Being in Palestine during the latter years of the Holocaust, Ben-Elissar did not know the fate of his family until the war's end in 1945. With his father's death in the Flossenbürg concentration camp, and his mother's demise due to a tragic road accident in Germany after the war, Ben-Elissar was orphaned at the age of 14. The effects of the Holocaust were always of great and enduring significance in his life.

In 1947, Ben Elissar's sister, Diana, immigrated to the

1948 Arab-Israeli War
, studied in Vienna, and emigrated to the United States in 1967 where he served as a cantor for many years. Nathan married Rochelle Kelman, and they had a daughter, Nechama.

Ben-Elissar married Diana (née Dudel), and his second wife was Nitza (née Efroni). After receiving his doctorate, Ben Elissar became a journalist and then a spokesman for the

Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.[4][5]

In 1981 he left his ambassadorial post, and was

1996, and again chaired the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee between 1988 and 1992.[1]

Four months after the

ambassador to the United States.[1][6] In 1998, he was appointed ambassador to France.[1]
He authored several books in Hebrew and in French.

He died in Paris on 12 August 2000 of cardiac arrest.[5] He is buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem, next to his mother, sister, brother, brother-in-law and uncle.

Bibliography

  • (with Zeev Schiff) La guerre israelo-arabe 5-10 juin 1967, 1967.
  • La diplomatie du Troisieme Reich et les Juifs

References

  1. ^ a b c d Staff, C. I. E. (2022-07-07). "Ken Stein Interview with Dr. Eliyahu Ben Elissar, Jerusalem, Israel, November 13, 1992". CIE. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ^ "PhD Thesis". Geneva Graduate Institute Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library.
  4. ISBN 978-0-691-20245-7
    .
  5. ^ a b "Obituary: Eliyahu Ben Elissar". the Guardian. 2000-08-31. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  6. ISSN 0882-7729
    . Retrieved 2023-01-10.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
First post-holder
Israeli Ambassador to Egypt

1980-1981 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Israeli Ambassador to France

1998-2000 		Succeeded by
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