List of Canadian ambassadors to Israel

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List of Canadian ambassadors to Israel Diplomatic relations between Canada and Israel were established on July 28, 1954. The Ambassador to Greece was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Israel, resident in Greece. Entitled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary unless otherwise noted.

Ambassador Start of Term End of Term
George Pirkis Kidd[1] October 18, 1954 April 17, 1957
Terence William Leighton MacDermot November 18, 1954 -
Edgar D'Arcy McGreer March 14, 1957 October 28, 1958
Margaret Blanche Meagher[2][3] April 17, 1957 October 28, 1958
October 22, 1958 December 1, 1961
Jean-Marie Gaétan Déry[4] December 1, 1961 August 1962
Arthur Julian Andrew May 28, 1962 July 10, 1965
William McKenzie Wood[2] March 1965 October 4, 1965
Robert Louis Rogers April 7, 1965 October 2, 1969
Charles Eustace McGaughey June 9, 1969 June 30, 1972
Thomas Paul Malone May 23, 1972 September 2, 1975
Edward Graham Lee July 29, 1975 July 3, 1979
Joseph Stephen Stanford April 4, 1979 September 13, 1982
Vernon George Turner September 22, 1982 1986
James Bartleman January 10, 1986 November 2, 1990
Michael Dougall Bell October 15, 1990 January 21, 1992
Norman Spector 1992 August 2, 1995
David Berger 1995 August 29, 1999
Michael Dougall Bell August 11, 1999 2003
Donald Sinclair July 31, 2003 2006
Jon Allen June 14, 2006 2011
Paul Hunt August 10, 2010 2014
Vivian Bercovici[5] January 8, 2014 2016
Deborah Lyons[6] 2016

References

  1. An Embassy was opened in Tel Aviv and placed under a resident Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  3. Ms. Meagher became the first resident Canadian Ambassador to Israel in 1958.
  4. Chargé d'Affairs a.i.
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  6. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-chooses-two-women-to-fill-diplomatic-positions/article30133304