List of ambassadors of Romania to Israel

The Romanian ambassador in Tel Aviv is the official representative of the Government in Bucharest to the Government of Israel.

Ambassador of Romania to Israel
Ambasadorului României în Israel
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Incumbent
Radu Ioanid
since March 30, 2020
Inaugural holderNicolae Cioroiu [de]
FormationSeptember 21, 1949

List of representatives

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Designation Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of prime ministers of Romania List of prime ministers of Israel Term end
September 11, 1949 September 21, 1949 Nicolae Cioroiu [de] (* 1908) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The Romanian minister in Israel, Nicolae Cioroiu, was recalled to Bucharest in January 1950 following the recall of the Israeli minister from Bucharest (see also Doc. 246, n. 7). 4. Reuven Rubin, Israel's minister to Romania.

He had previously been extraordinary and plenipotentiary minister in Rome. From 1950 to 1952 he was Romanian ambassador to the United Kingdom. From 1952 to 1956 he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs after the removal of Ana Pauker. From 1956 to 1957 he was Romanian ambassador to China and Hanoi. From 1957 to 1961 he was Romanian ambassador to India. In 1971 he became director of the History Museum of the PCR. In 1974 he was conspicuous for having "unofficial contacts" with diplomats accredited in Bucharest and making "inappropriate remarks" about the party leadership, got in trouble with the Securitate.[1]

Constantin Ion Parhon David Ben-Gurion January 1950
July 4, 1956 July 4, 1956 Gheorghe Chitic Chargé d'affaires Chivu Stoica David Ben-Gurion 1957
1957 July 19, 1957 Petre Manu In 1961 he became Romanian envoy to Sweden[2] Chivu Stoica David Ben-Gurion 1961
February 21, 1966 February 21, 1966 Valeriu Georgescu [de] [3] Chivu Stoica Levi Eshkol 1971
December 25, 1971 January 23, 1972 Ion Covaci [no] Radio Romania International (December 25) said that Ion Covaci has been appointed ambassador to Israel.

In 1960 he was third secretary in Tel Aviv.

In 1968 he was ambassador in Central Africa.

In 1970 he was ambassador in Rangoon.

On May 15, 1974 he negotiated during the Ma'alot massacre.

On March 5, 1992 he was designated ambassador to Cairo.

Ambasadorul României în Israel [Ion Covaci] şi-a prezentat scrisorile de acreditare. Decretul nr. 443/1971 pentru rechemarea tovarășului Valeriu Georgescu din calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al Republicii Socialiste România în Israel și acreditarea tovarășului Ioan Covaci în calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al Republicii Socialiste România în Israel.

1980 Yitzhak Navon received Romanian Ambassador Ion Covaci who paid his farewall call.[4]

Ion Gheorghe Maurer Golda Meir 1980
1984 1984 Constantin Vasìliu 10 February 1989 Romania, Tel Aviv Agerpres, 9 February 1989 — Yitzhaq Shamir, prime minister of the state of Israel, received Ion Stoian, secretary of the CC of the RCP, who is in Israel as special envoy of the Romanian head of state. Constantin Dăscălescu Shimon Peres 1986
August 6, 1991 August 6, 1991 Radu Homescu [ro] ambasadorului României în Israel, Radu Homescu Petre Roman Yitzhak Shamir June 30, 1995
June 30, 1995 June 30, 1995 Mircea Mironenco Charge d'affaires Nicolae Văcăroiu Yitzhak Rabin
June 17, 1997 June 9, 1997 Gheorghe Popescu [de] In 1973 he was Romanian ambassador to the Central African Republic

Domnul Gheorghe Popescu se acreditează în calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al României în Israel. DECRETUL nr. 220 din 9 iunie 1997 privind acreditarea unui ambasador Publicat în M. Of. nr. 126 din 19 Iunie 1997 în[5]

Victor Ciorbea Benjamin Netanyahu 2000
2000 September 12, 2000 Mariana Stoica [ro] Valeria Mariana Stoica[6] Mugur Isărescu Ehud Barak 2006
April 18, 2007 December 3, 2007 Edward Iosiper DECRET nr. 746 din 31 iulie 2007privind acreditarea unui ambasador, Publicat în MONITORUL OFICIAL nr. 526 din 2 august 2007]</ref> Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Ehud Olmert 2013
September 1, 2013 January 2, 2014 Andreea Păstarnac Born September 24, 1967, in Brașov.

BIOGRAPHY. From 2006 to 2011, he was Ambassador of Romania to Cyprus, and in September 2013 he became Ambassador of Romania to Israel.[7]

Victor Ponta Benjamin Netanyahu January 7, 2017
January 7, 2017 January 7, 2017 Ovidiu Ierulescu Chargé d'affaires a.i., Minister Plenipotentiary[8] Dacian Cioloș Benjamin Netanyahu March 29, 2020

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References

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  1. ^ Nicolae Cioroiu[1] La 13 octombrie 1949, Nicolae Cioroiu, ministrul R.P.R. în Israel, începând din 11 septembrie 194919, a fost primit de primul ministru Ben Gurion, care a afirmat că este "îngrijorat de soarta evreilor care voind să vină în Israel nu au permisiunea ....economist și diplomat, licențiat al Academiei de Înalte Studii Comerciale și Industriale din București (1932)"
  2. ^ Petre Manu
  3. ^ [2]Valeriu Georgescu
  4. ^ Ioan Covaci January 23, 1972Ma'alot massacre1960 third secretary Domnul Ion Covaci se recheamă din calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al României în Republica Arabă Egipt.[3]
  5. ^ Gheorghe Popescu
  6. ^ Mariana Stoica
  7. ^ Andreea Păstârnac[4] victorbostinaru.ro/resurse/RO-Israel.pdf]
  8. ^ Ovidiu Ierulescu
  9. ^ Cabinet of Israel, [5]; Victor Boștinaru, România – Israel 1948 – 1969 diplomatic documents, [6]