The appointment of Nachum Shamir as Israel’s Economic Minister to the Embassy of Israel in Washington, was announced today by Avraham Harman, Israel’s Ambassador to this country. Mr. Shamir assumes his new position effective immediately, succeeding Ambassador Aryeh Manor, who held the post for the past six years.
In his new capacity, Mr. Shamir will head Israel’s economic offices in the United States, whose headquarters in New York include the Government of Israel Investment Authority, the Office of the Israel Trade Commissioner, and the Israel Supply Mission.
Ambassador Manor has served in governmental posts since 1949, when he was appointed head of the Ministry of Defense Mission in New York. In 1951, he was transferred to the Ministry of Finance, and appointed Director of the Government of Israel Supply Mission in New York, in which capacity he served until his appointment as Economic Minister to the Embassy of Israel in Washington, in November 1958. Upon his return to Israel, Ambassador Manor will join the management of Bank Leumi Le Israel in Tel Aviv.
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