Dictionary of Jewish Biography

EBAN, ABBA

Eban, Abba: translation

(1915-2002)
Israeli statesman and diplomat. He was born in Cape Town. He lectured in Arabic at Cambridge University from 1938 to 1940. After World War II he setded in Israel. He was a member of the Jewish Agency delegation to the UN (1947-8) and then represented Israel at the UN (1948-9) before serving as Israeli ambas-sador to the US. He was president of the Weizmann Institute from 1948 to 1966. Elected to the Knesset as a Mapai delegate, he was successively minister of education and culture (1960-3), deputy prime minister (1963-6), and foreign minister (1966-74).

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