Politicsג'וזף אייבור לינטון

Joseph Ivor Linton

Joseph Ivor Linton was an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's minister to Australia, Japan, Thailand and Switzerland.

1900 to 1982Israel's minister to JapanZionist work in LondonFriendship with Chaim Weizmann

Born: 2 July 1900
Died: 1 March 1982
Occupation: diplomat, politician

Joseph Ivor Linton was born in 1900

Joseph Ivor Linton was born in Russia on July 2, 1900. He moved to England in 1919. There he did Zionist work for the Jewish Agency and came to know Chaim Weizmann as a personal friend.

He also served as political secretary of the Jewish Agency office in London. After Israel was founded, he became its minister in Australia from 1950 to 1952, also covering New Zealand. He then served in Japan from 1952 to 1957, in Thailand as a non-resident minister from 1954 to 1958, and in Switzerland from 1958 to 1961.

In 1961 he led Israel's delegation to the United Nations conference in Vienna on diplomatic relations. He opposed Israeli reprisal actions against civilians in neighboring Arab countries. He did not know Hebrew and wrote his diplomatic reports in English.

His superiors at the Foreign Ministry did not fully trust him, and he was known as temperamental. He retired from the foreign service in 1963. He died on March 1, 1982.