Heads of Post List

ISRAEL

Head of Post	Title	Career	Appointment Date	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission
Kidd, George Pirkis*	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	C	1954/10/18		1957/04/17
MacDermot, Terence William Leighton	AE&P	C	1954/11/18	1954/11/23
McGreer, Edgar D'Arcy	AE&P	C	1957/03/14	1957/09/18	1958/10/28
Meagher, Blanche Margaret*	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	C	1957/04/17		1958/10/28
Meagher, Blanche Margaret*	AE&P	C	1958/10/22	1958/10/28	1961/12/01
Déry, Jean-Marie Gaétan	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	C	1961/12/01		1962/08/00
Andrew, Arthur Julian	AE&P	C	1962/05/28	1962/08/13	1965/07/10
Wood, William McKenzie	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	C	1965/03/00		1965/10/04
Rogers, Robert Louis	AE&P	C	1965/04/07	1965/10/04	1969/10/02
McGaughey, Charles Eustace	AE&P	C	1969/06/09	1969/10/13	1972/06/30
Malone, Thomas Paul	AE&P	C	1972/05/23	1972/08/15	1975/09/02
Lee, Edward Graham	AE&P	C	1975/07/29	1975/09/24	1979/07/03
Stanford, Joseph Stephen	AE&P	C	1979/04/04	1979/08/31	1982/09/13
Turner, Vernon George	AE&P	C	1982/09/22	1982/10/14
Bartleman, James Karl	AE&P	C	1986/01/10	1986/01/29	1990/11/02
Bell, Michael Dougall	AE&P	C	1990/10/15	1990/12/11	1992/01/21
Spector, Norman	AE&P	C	1992/00/00		1995/08/02
Berger, David	AE&P	NC	1995/00/00	1995/09/12	1999/08/29
Bell, Michael Dougall	AE&P	C	1999/08/11
Sinclair, Donald	AE&P	C	2003/07/31
Allen, Jon	AE&P	C	2006/06/14
Hunt, Paul	AE&P	C	2010/08/10

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Footnotes for ISRAEL

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Israel were established on 28 July 1954. The Ambassador to Greece was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Israel, resident in Greece.

Kidd George Pirkis An Embassy was opened in Tel Aviv and placed under a resident Chargé d'Affaires a.i. on 18 October 1954.

Meagher Blanche Margaret Ms. Meagher became the first resident Canadian Ambassador to Israel in 1958.