Dr Yehuda Lancry (, ; born 25 September 1947) is a Moroccan-born former

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i politician and ambassador to

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and the

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. Born in Boujad in

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

, Lancry studied at an alliance high school in

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

. He made

aliyah ''Aliyah'' (, ; ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine (region), Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the Israel ...

in 1965 and gained a PhD in

French literature French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by French people, French citizens; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of Franc ...

from the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa (, ) is a public research university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963 as a branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation as an inde ...

and

University of Nice Sophia Antipolis A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

. Between 1983 and 1992 he served as head of the local council of Shlomi, and from 1991 until 1992 was chairman of

Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority The Second Authority for Television and Radio (, ''HaRashut HaShniya Le'Televizya VeRadio'') is an Israeli commercial television and radio authority, established in the wake of a law passed by the Knesset in 1990. Besides conducting tenders and s ...

. He was appointed Israel's

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

to France in 1992, serving until 1995. In 1996, Lancry was elected to the

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on the

Likud Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...

- Gesher list and served as a Deputy

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and chairman of the

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committee. He lost his seat in the 1999 elections, but was appointed ambassador to the

that year, serving until 2002. That same year, on 10 April 2002, Lancry's niece, Noa Shlomo, was killed in the suicide bombing of Egged bus #960 en route from Haifa to Jerusalem.Yehuda Lancry's niece, Noa Shlomo, killed in the suicide bombing of Egged bus #960 en route from Haifa to Jerusalem
mfa.gov.il; accessed 12 August 2015.

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* 1947 births Living people 20th-century Moroccan Jews Moroccan emigrants to Israel University of Haifa alumni Ambassadors of Israel to France Permanent representatives of Israel to the United Nations Likud politicians People from Boujad Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Deputy speakers of the Knesset Gesher (political party) politicians {{Morocco-politician-stub