Jacob Tsur (1906-1991) was the first Israeli minister to

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

, and Chile (1949-1953), and was ambassador to France from 1953 until 1956. From 1961 until 1977, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors for Kerel Kayemeth LeIsrael

Jewish National Fund Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq ...

(KKL-JNF). Tsur was born in

Vilna Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional u ...

to father Samuel Tchernowitz and moved to Israel in 1921.

References

External links

* German Wiki article Ambassadors of Israel to Paraguay Ambassadors of Israel to Argentina Ambassadors of Israel to Uruguay Ambassadors of Israel to France Diplomats from Vilnius Ambassadors of Israel to Chile Lithuanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine {{Israel-diplomat-stub