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Eshel to Leave New York Post; is Appointed Israel Ambassador to Brazil

May 3, 1962
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Ambassador Aryeh Eshel, Israel’s Consul-General in New York, was appointed by the Foreign Ministry here today to the post of Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Brazil. He will succeed Yosef Tekoah, who has been shifted to the post of Ambassador to Moscow.

Mr. Eshel had been Israel’s Ambassador to Uruguay before being transferred to New York, where he was Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations prior to assuming the post of Consul-General. His Latin American experiences have included service as the head of the South American Bureau of the Jewish Agency for Israel and, later, as First Secretary and Consul of the Israel Legation at Buenos Aires.

The Foreign Ministry also announced the appointment of David Rivlin, Consul in New York and Philadelphia, to the post of Consul-General in Montreal. Chaim Zohar will succeed Mr. Rivlin in the post at the New York mission.

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