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Yosef Tekoah

Former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
Yosef Tekoah was a senior Israeli diplomat and the President of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He was instrumental in the Israeli settlement in disputed DMZ territories with Syria, serving as one of David Ben-Gurion's favorite diplomats. Wikipedia
Born: March 4, 1925, Lyakhavichy, Belarus
Died: April 14, 1991 (age 66 years), New York, NY
Previous office: Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations (1968–1975)
Partner: Ruth Tekoah