Shmuel Hadas

Shmuel Hadas (Hebrew: שמואל הדס; 1931 – January 12, 2010) was an Israeli diplomat. He was born to a Zionist Jewish family in Argentina. In 1953, he emigrated to Israel. In 1964 joined the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was Ambassador to Bolivia from 1971 until 1975.^[1] In January 1986, he became the first Israeli ambassador to Spain,^[2] and in 1994 the first Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, a position he held until 1997.^[3]

In 1997, he retired from diplomatic work and was engaged in academic and cultural work.

See also

• Israel–Spain relations