Abba Eban
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| Date of birth | 2 February 1915 |
| Place of birth | Cape Town, Union of South Africa |
| Year of aliyah | 1940 |
| Date of death | 17 November 2002 (aged 87) |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Knessets | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1959–1965 | Mapai |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1988 | Alignment |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1959–1960 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 1960–1963 | Minister of Education & Culture |
| 1963–1966 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1966–1974 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Abba Eban (
i/ˈæbə ˈiːbən/; Hebrew: אבא אבן [ˈʔaba ˈʔeven]; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; later adopted Abba Solomon Meir Eban; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages.
In his career, he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations. He was also Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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