Shmuel Hadas

Israeli diplomat (1931–2010)

Shmuel Hadas (1931 – January 2010) was an Israeli diplomat. He was born to a Zionist Jewish family in Argentina. In 1953, he emigrated to Israel. In 1964 joined the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was Ambassador to Bolivia from 1971 until 1975.^[1] In January 1986, he became the first Israeli ambassador to Spain,^[2] and in 1994 the first Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, a position he held until 1997.^[3]

In 1997, he retired from diplomatic work and engaged in academic and cultural work.

Notes

^ "Bolivia". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Israel Designates Ambassador to Spain". Los Angeles Times. United Press International. 27 January 1986. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ Shmuel Hadas (2009). "In the Shadow of Franco's Legacy: The Evolution of Israeli—Spanish Relations". Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 3 (2): 75–87. doi:10.1080/23739770.2009.11446371. S2CID 147323981.

External links

"Distinguished Israeli diplomat Shmuel Hadas dies at 72". World Jewish Congress. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
Uri Dromi (22 January 2010). שמואל הדס, השגריר הראשון בספרד ובוותיקן, 1931-2010 [Shmuel Hadas, Spain and the first ambassador to the Vatican, 1931-2010]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 August 2014.