List of ambassadors of Israel to France

This is a list of Israeli ambassadors to France.

Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, France recognised Israel in January 1949, and the first Israeli ambassador to France, Maurice Fischer, was appointed in 1949.^[1][2]

• Maurice Fischer (1949–1952)
• Jacob Tsur (1952–1959)
• Walter Eytan (1960–1970)
• Asher Ben-Natan (1970–1974)
• Mordechai Gazit (1974–1979)
• Meir Rosenne (1979–1983)
• Ovadia Soffer (1983–1992)^[3]
• Yehuda Lancry (1992–1995)
• Avi Pazner (1995–1998)
• Eliahu Ben-Elissar (1998–2000)
• Élie Barnavi (2001–2003)
• Nissim Zvili (2003–2005)
• Daniel Shek (2006–2010^[4]
• Yossi Gal (2010–2015)
• Aliza Bin-Noun (2015–2019)
• Yael German (2021–2022)
• Joshua Laurent Zarka (2024–)

See also

• France–Israel relations
• List of French ambassadors to Israel