Eliahu Elath | |
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אליהו אילת | |
 Elath in 1958 as Israeli Ambassador to the UK | |
| 2nd Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1950–1959 | |
| President | Chaim Weizmann Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
| Prime Minister | David Ben-Gurion Moshe Sharett |
| Preceded by | Mordechai Ali'ash |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Lurie |
| 1st Israeli Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 1948–1950 | |
| President | Chaim Weizmann |
| Prime Minister | David Ben-Gurion |
| Succeeded by | Abba Eban |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1903 Snovsk, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 21, 1990 (aged 86) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | University of Kyiv |
| Occupation | President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Eliahu Elath, born Ilya Menakhemovich Epstein (Hebrew: אליהו אילת, Russian: Илья Менахемович Эпштейн, romanized: Ilja Menahemovič Epštejn; 16 July 1903 – 21 June 1990)[1] was an Israeli diplomat and Orientalist. In 1948 he became the first Israeli ambassador to the United States, and between 1950 and 1959, he was Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was the President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1962 to 1968.
- ^ "Eliahu Elath" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-12-20.