Shmuel Tolkowsky (; 27 June 1886 - 19 December 1965) was a Belgian-born

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and Israeli diplomat. He became the assistant to

Chaim Weizmann Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( ; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization and later as the first pre ...

and

Nachum Sokolov Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow ( ''Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov'', ; ) was a Jewish-Polish writer, translator, and journalist, the fifth President of the World Zionist Organization, editor of '' Ha-Tsfira'', researcher, Zionist leader and st ...

, two important leaders of the Zionist Movement. Shmuel Tolkowsky himself was the son-in-law of Yitzhak Goldberg, a founder of the Jewish Foundation Fund.

Dan Tolkowsky Aluf Dan Tolkowsky (or Tolkovsky, ; born January 17, 1921) is a retired Israeli Air Force officer who served as a major general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) from 1953 to 1958. A noted investor, he helped start the first Israeli venture capit ...

was his son. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, he emigrated to Israel in 1911. He began serving as Consul General in Switzerland in 1949 until he was promoted to Minister in 1951.

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* Belgian Zionists Recipients of the Order of the White Lion Jewish scientists Scientists from Antwerp Consuls for Israel Ambassadors of Israel to Switzerland 1886 births 1965 deaths Belgian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine {{Israel-diplomat-stub