Samuel Haddas

Samuel Haddas was born in 1931 in Resistencia

Shmuel Hadas was born Shmuel Eides in Resistencia, Argentina, to a Zionist Jewish family. As a teenager he moved with his family to Buenos Aires, where he was active in Zionist youth movements. In 1953 he emigrated to Israel and settled in Kibbutz Nir Am.

He joined the Israeli foreign service in 1964 and held diplomatic posts in Latin America. He served as ambassador to Bolivia from 1971 to 1975. In 1981 he became Israel's representative to the World Tourism Organization in Madrid, where he worked to build ties between Israel and Spain.

After the two countries established relations in 1985, he became Israel's first ambassador to Spain in 1986. In 1994 he became the first Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, a post he held until 1997.

He retired from the foreign service in 1997 and turned to academic and cultural work. He belonged to several cultural organizations and wrote for Spanish newspapers. He died in 2010 after a serious illness.