Ehud Avriel

Ehud Avriel (Hebrew: אהוד אבריאל; 19 October 1917 – 27 August 1980) was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1955 and 1957.

Born Georg Überall in Vienna in Austria-Hungary, Avriel was educated at the Humanistic Secondary School.

Together with Israeli tycoon Efraim Ilin, Avriel negotiated an arms deal with Czechoslovakia.

[2] Two years later he was moved to Romania where he remained, as head of the legation, until late March 1951, returning to Israel in April.

[6] He died of a heart attack on 27 August 1980 while giving a lecture on the diaspora of American Jews in Jerusalem, and was buried in the cemetery of Neot Mordechai.

1951 Diplomatic passport used by Avriel in Romania
pages from Ehud Avriel's diplomatic passport - 1951