Esther Herlitz
Israeli diplomat (1921-2016)
Esther Herlitz (Hebrew: אסתר הרליץ, 9 October 1921 – 24 March 2016) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1973 and 1977 and again from 1979 until 1981. She was also Israel's first female ambassador, having been appointed as the country's ambassador to Denmark in 1966.
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Date of birth | 9 October 1921 |
Place of birth | Berlin, Germany |
Year of aliyah | 1933 |
Date of death | 24 March 2016 | (aged 94)
Knessets | 8, 9 |
Faction represented in Knesset | |
1974–1977 | Alignment |
1979–1981 | Alignment |
Herlitz died on 24 March 2016 in Tel Aviv at the age of 94.[1]
References
change- ↑ Esther Herlitz, Israel’s first female ambassador, dies aged 94 Times of Israel, 24 March 2016