Ephraim Dowek

Ephraim Dowek was born in 1930 in Cairo

Ephraim Dowek was born on November 9, 1930, in Cairo, Egypt. There he belonged to the HeHalutz HaTzair movement and to the Haganah in Egypt, and served as the movement's underground secretary. He immigrated to Israel in April 1949.

He served in the first Nahal cohort of the IDF from 1950 to 1952 and was a founding member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza. After his service he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in international relations.

From 1955 to 1963 he headed the Beit She'an local council for Mapai. In 1963 he became ambassador to Chad, then served as ambassador to Benin until 1970. He was later consul general in Rio de Janeiro and deputy mayor of Jerusalem in charge of planning.

From 1980 to 1983 he was minister at the embassy in Cairo with the first team after the peace treaty. He later headed the permanent mission to the UN in Geneva, directed the Center for International Cooperation, and served as ambassador to Egypt from 1990 to 1992. He was Israel's first ambassador to India from 1992 to 1995.

He retired from the Foreign Ministry in 1995. He then advised the Confederation of Indian Industry and represented it in Israel until 2003, and chaired Mishgav Ladach.