Uri Lubrani

Uriel " Uri " Lubrani ( born October 7, 1926 in Haifa ) is a former Israeli diplomat.

Life

Uri Lubrani was born in 1926 as son of Ahron and Rose Lubrani in Haifa. He attended the Hebrew Reali School and studied at the London University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts afterwards. Between 1944 and 1948 he was one of the first underground organization Haganah and later the newly formed Israeli forces, in which Haganah was transferred to. Lubrani now worked in the Israeli Foreign Ministry and was also working for the Office of the Prime Minister. Among other things, he headed the department of Eastern Europe in the Israeli Foreign Ministry and was from 1952 to 1953 political secretary to the Prime Minister. From 1960 to 1963 he acted as advisor for Arab affairs. From 1963 to 1965 Lubrani led the Prime Minister's office.

During his further career, he was from 1964 to 1967 Ambassador to Uganda with concurrent accreditation in Burundi and Rwanda, 1967-1971 Ambassador to Ethiopia after director in the state-owned Koor Industries Ltd.. and finally from 1973 to 1978 head of the diplomatic mission in Iran with the rank of ambassador. From 1979 to 1983 Lubrani went into the private sector.

During the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon after the 1982 Lebanon war, Uri Lubrani from 1983 was the coordinator of the activities of the Israeli forces in Lebanon. Overall, he was advisor to 2000 in the Israeli Ministry of Defense for matters concerning Lebanon.

September 1990 Lubrani was again sent to Ethiopia to be the reason to clarify why the Operation Solomon began to falter. Lubrani could, drawing upon his old contacts and knowledge of the country to negotiate with the Ethiopian government. Lubranis negotiating skills came in the years repeatedly used. So it was in 1991 chief negotiator for the Israeli delegation that negotiated in Geneva with Hezbollah over a prisoner exchange. In 1992 Lubrani headed the Israeli delegation to the Madrid Conference in the course of in Washington, DC held calls.