# List of ambassadors of Romania to Israel

The Romanian ambassador in Tel Aviv is the official representative of the Government in Bucharest to the Government of Israel.

## List of representatives

| Designation | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Romania | List of prime ministers of Israel | Term end |
| September 11, 1949 | September 21, 1949 | Nicolae Cioroiu [de] | (* 1908) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The Romanian minister in Israel, Nicolae Cioroiu, was recalled to Bucharest in January 1950 following the recall of the Israeli minister from Bucharest (see also Doc. 246, n. 7). 4. Reuven Rubin, Israel's minister to Romania. He had previously been extraordinary and plenipotentiary minister in Rome. From 1950 to 1952 he was Romanian ambassador to the United Kingdom. From 1952 to 1956 he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs after the removal of Ana Pauker. From 1956 to 1957 he was Romanian ambassador to China and Hanoi. From 1957 to 1961 he was Romanian ambassador to India. In 1971 he became director of the History Museum of the PCR. In 1974 he was conspicuous for having "unofficial contacts" with diplomats accredited in Bucharest and making "inappropriate remarks" about the party leadership, got in trouble with the Securitate. | Constantin Ion Parhon | David Ben-Gurion | January 1950 |
| July 4, 1956 | July 4, 1956 | Gheorghe Chitic | Chargé d'affaires | Chivu Stoica | David Ben-Gurion | 1957 |
| 1957 | July 19, 1957 | Petre Manu | In 1961 he became Romanian envoy to Sweden | Chivu Stoica | David Ben-Gurion | 1961 |
| February 21, 1966 | February 21, 1966 | Valeriu Georgescu [de] | | Chivu Stoica | Levi Eshkol | 1971 |
| December 25, 1971 | January 23, 1972 | Ion Covaci [no] | Radio Romania International (December 25) said that Ion Covaci has been appointed ambassador to Israel. In 1960 he was third secretary in Tel Aviv. In 1968 he was ambassador in Central Africa. In 1970 he was ambassador in Rangoon. On May 15, 1974 he negotiated during the Ma'alot massacre. On March 5, 1992 he was designated ambassador to Cairo. Ambasadorul României în Israel [Ion Covaci] şi-a prezentat scrisorile de acreditare. Decretul nr. 443/1971 pentru rechemarea tovarășului Valeriu Georgescu din calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al Republicii Socialiste România în Israel și acreditarea tovarășului Ioan Covaci în calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al Republicii Socialiste România în Israel. 1980 Yitzhak Navon received Romanian Ambassador Ion Covaci who paid his farewall call. | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | Golda Meir | 1980 |
| 1984 | 1984 | Constantin Vasìliu | 10 February 1989 Romania, Tel Aviv Agerpres, 9 February 1989 — Yitzhaq Shamir, prime minister of the state of Israel, received Ion Stoian, secretary of the CC of the RCP, who is in Israel as special envoy of the Romanian head of state. | Constantin Dăscălescu | Shimon Peres | 1986 |
| August 6, 1991 | August 6, 1991 | Radu Homescu [ro] | ambasadorului României în Israel, Radu Homescu | Petre Roman | Yitzhak Shamir | June 30, 1995 |
| June 30, 1995 | June 30, 1995 | Mircea Mironenco | Charge d'affaires | Nicolae Văcăroiu | Yitzhak Rabin | |
| June 17, 1997 | June 9, 1997 | Gheorghe Popescu [de] | In 1973 he was Romanian ambassador to the Central African Republic Domnul Gheorghe Popescu se acreditează în calitatea de ambasador extraordinar și plenipotențiar al României în Israel. DECRETUL nr. 220 din 9 iunie 1997 privind acreditarea unui ambasador Publicat în M. Of. nr. 126 din 19 Iunie 1997 în | Victor Ciorbea | Benjamin Netanyahu | 2000 |
| 2000 | September 12, 2000 | Mariana Stoica [ro] | Valeria Mariana Stoica | Mugur Isărescu | Ehud Barak | 2006 |
| April 18, 2007 | December 3, 2007 | Edward Iosiper | DECRET nr. 746 din 31 iulie 2007privind acreditarea unui ambasador, Publicat în MONITORUL OFICIAL nr. 526 din 2 august 2007]</ref> | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu | Ehud Olmert | 2013 |
| September 1, 2013 | January 2, 2014 | Andreea Păstarnac | Born September 24, 1967, in Brașov. BIOGRAPHY. From 2006 to 2011, he was Ambassador of Romania to Cyprus, and in September 2013 he became Ambassador of Romania to Israel. | Victor Ponta | Benjamin Netanyahu | January 7, 2017 |
| January 7, 2017 | January 7, 2017 | Ovidiu Ierulescu | Chargé d'affaires a.i., Minister Plenipotentiary | Dacian Cioloș | Benjamin Netanyahu | March 29, 2020 |
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