Yehuda Lancry

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name = Yehuda Lancry
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ambassador_from = Israel
country = France
term_start = 1992
term_end = 1995
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order2 = 12th
ambassador_from2 = Israel
country2 = the United Nations
term_start2 = 1999
term_end2 = 2002
predecessor2 = Dore Gold
successor2 = Dan Gillerman
birth_date = 25 September 1947
birth_place = Boujad, Morocco
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nationality = Israeli
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party = Likud
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profession = Politician
religion = Judaism


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Dr Yehuda Lancry ( _he. יהודה לנקרי, Lang-ar|يهودا لانكري; born 25 September 1947) is a former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations.

Born in Boujad in Morocco, Lancry studied at an alliance high school in Casablanca. He made aliyah to Israel in 1965 and gained a PhD in French literature from the University of Haifa and University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. 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.

He was appointed Israel's ambassador to France in 1992, serving until 1995. In 1996 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list and served as a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and chairman of the Ethics committee.

He lost his seat in the 1999 elections, but was appointed ambassador to the United Nations that year, serving until 2002.

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