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Arthur Lenk

Arthur Lenk is an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Azerbaijan and later to South Africa.

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Born: 10 February 1964, Paterson
Occupation: diplomat, lawyer, advocate
Education: Frisch School

Arthur Lenk was born in 1964 in Paterson

Arthur Lenk was born in 1964 in Paterson, New Jersey, to a Jewish American family. He attended the Frisch School in Paramus. He moved to Israel in 1983.

From 1984 to 1986 he served in the IDF as a medic and first aid instructor. He then studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning an LL.B. in 1990 and an LL.M. in international law in 2003. He joined the Israeli Bar in 1991 and the New York Bar in 1992.

He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1994 and served in New Delhi and Los Angeles. In the ministry's legal office he advised on United Nations issues and was part of Israel's legal team on the barrier case at the International Court of Justice. He also served as a government spokesman and lectured at Ben Gurion University.

He was ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2005 to 2009, and later directed the ministry's Department of International Law. From 2013 to 2017 he was ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. He is married to Ruth and they have 3 daughters.