Ilan Mor is the Ambassador of Israel to Croatia. He was also Ambassador to Hungary between 2011 and 2016.[1]
His Excellency Ilan Mor | |
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| Israeli Ambassador to Croatia | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Zina Kleitman |
| Israeli Ambassador to Hungary | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Aliza Bin-Noun |
| Succeeded by | Yossi Amrani |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University |
| Occupation | Ambassador |
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Mor earned a B.A. in Political Science and Working Relations and an M.A. in International Relations both from Tel Aviv University.[1]
Returned Táncsics award
On March 14, 2013, the Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog awarded Ferenc Szaniszló the Táncsics award, Hungary's highest state award for journalism.[2][3][4][5] A dozen former recipients of the Táncsics returned their awards in protest, due to Szaniszló's history of controversy including a 2011 incident which resulted in a government fine over, according to The Independent, "anti-Semitic outbursts and his detrimental remarks about the country’s ostracised Roma minority," including calling Roma "human monkeys"[5] and suggesting he regarded Jews as garbage.[6]
Szaniszló's receipt of the award was not only criticized by Mor but also the Hungarian and international media and by U.S. ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis.[5][7]
Personal life
Mor was born in Israel but his parents came from Romania and Poland. They survived the Holocaust but numerous relatives were murdered in Auschwitz.[8]