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Rafael Eldad (born Casablanca, Morocco, 24 September 1949) is an Israeli diplomat. He has been Israel's ambassador in Argentina since August 2004.

Born in Morocco, he emigrated to Israel in 1962. From 1973 to 1977 he studied at Haifa University, where he received a doctorate in political science and history. In addition to Hebrew, he speaks English, French and Spanish.

Eldad joined the Israeli diplomatic corps in 1978. In 1980 he was a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. From 1981 to 1983 he was second secretary at Israel's embassy in Turkey. In 1983 he was appointed first secretary at the embassy in Costa Rica, in which position he remained until 1986. From 1986 to 1989 he was the director of the Public Affairs Division in Israel.

From 1989 to 1992 he was minister councilor at the Israeli embassy in Argentina and, from 1994 to 1995, minister councilor for the Eastern European Division. In 1995 he returned to the Public Affairs Division in Israel as its director, remaining there until 1998.

From 1998 to 2002 he was Israel's ambassador to Peru. In 2002 he was appointed director of the South American Department of the foreign ministry, and, in 2004, he was chosen to serve as ambassador to Argentina.

[edit] See also

• List of Israeli ambassadors to Argentina