INDEPENDENCE_DAY_RECEPTION_AT_ISRAELI_EMBASSY_IN_GHANA_-_MICHAEL_ARNON

Michael Arnon ( he, מיכאל ארנון; 1925–2004) was an Israeli

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and civil servant. In the years 1968-1974 he served as Cabinet Secretary under prime ministers

Levi Eshkol Levi Eshkol ( he, לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ;‎ 25 October 1895 – 26 February 1969), born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik ( he, לוי יצחק שקולניק, links=no), was an Israeli statesman who served as the third Prime Minister of Israe ...

and

Golda Meir Golda Meir, ; ar, جولدا مائير, Jūldā Māʾīr., group=nb (born Golda Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and ''kibbutznikit'' who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1 ...

Biography

Arnon was born in Vienna, Austria. He made

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in 1938. After leaving for studies in London, he returned to Palestine and worked for the

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. Following the establishment of the State of Israel he was employed by the Government Press Office and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He gained his first diplomatic post abroad in 1951 and served for three years as the press attache in the Israeli embassy in London. His later diplomatic posts included service as first secretary in the Israeli embassy in Washington DC (1956-1961). He then returned to Jerusalem to head the public diplomacy department. His final and senior posts were as Israel's ambassador to Ghana (1962-1965) and consul general in New York (1965-1968). From 1968 to 1974 he served as Cabinet Secretary in the governments of prime ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir. After leaving civil service he was made president of the

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organization and from 1980 to 1983 the chaired he

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. Arnon was also appointed as chairman of Continental Bank and president of Ampal-American Israel Corporation. Arnon died in Jerusalem in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnon, Michael 1925 births 2004 deaths Ambassadors of Israel to Ghana Israeli Jews Israeli consuls Burials at Har HaMenuchot