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Abba Eban
(1915-2002)
Foreign Minister of Israel 1966-74
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A brilliant orator, Eban served as diplomat, government minister and Member of Knesset. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he sought to consolidate Israel's relations with the United States and secure association with the European Economic Community. Before and after the Six-Day War, he led Israel in its political struggle in the UN.
| 1946-47 |
Political information officer for the Jewish Agency in London |
| 1947 |
Liaison officer of the Jewish Agency with the UN Special Committee on Palestine and a member of the Jewish Agency delegation to the UN General Assembly |
| 1948 |
Representative to the UN |
| 1949 |
Permanent representative to the UN |
| 1950-59 |
Ambassador to Washington and permanent representative to the UN |
| 1952 |
Vice President of the UN General Assembly |
| 1958-66 |
President of the Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 1959 |
Elected to the Knesset |
| 1959-60 |
Minister without Portfolio |
| 1960-63 |
Minister of Education and Culture |
| 1963-66 |
Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1966-74 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1974 |
Guest professor at Columbia University |
| 1974-91 |
Chairman of the Board of Governors of Beit Berl |
| 1974-84 |
Member of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security |
| 1984-88 |
Chairman of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security |
Abba Eban was a member of the American Academy of Sciences. His books include Voice of Israel, The Tide of Nationalism, My People, My Country, An Autobiography, the New Diplomacy, Maze of Justice, Personal Witness, and, in 1998, Diplomacy for the Next Century. He was chief consultant and narrator of the nine-part television program Heritage, and editor-in-chief and narrator of the five-part television series Personal Witness: A Nation is Born. He also collaborated in the production of The Brink of Peace, a film on the Middle East peace process for the PBS television network in the US. Selected speeches:
Statement by Ambassador Abba Eban to the Security Council, 4 August 1949
Statement by Ambassador Eban to the Trusteeship Council on Jerusalem, 20 February 1950
Statement by Foreign Minister Eban to the Security Council on the Six Day War, 6 June 1967
Statement by Foreign Minister Eban to the General Assembly on the Yom Kippur War, 8 October 1973 |
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