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Abba Eban

1915 - 2002

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Abba Solomon Meir Eban ( ; Hebrew: אבא שלמה אבן [ˈ(ʔ)aba ˈ(ʔ)even]; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was a South African-born Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. During his career, he served as Foreign Affairs Minister, Education Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. He was the second ambassador to the United States and the first Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. He was also vice president of the United Nations General Assembly and president of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abba Eban is the 6,171st most popular politician (down from 5,613th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 31st in 2019) and the 19th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abba Eban ranks 6,171 out of 19,576. Before him are Noe Zhordania, Zhao Feiyan, Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, Sukjong of Goryeo, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé. After him are Wilhelm Zaisser, Basina of Thuringia, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Robert Maxwell, Efim Geller, and Raymond du Puy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Abba Eban ranks 67. Before him are Terence Young, Kaoru Ishikawa, Miroslav Filipović, James Tiptree Jr., László Csatáry, and Priscilla Lane. After him are Don Budge, Santiago Carrillo, Alan Watts, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Konstantin Simonov, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. Among people deceased in 2002, Abba Eban ranks 68. Before him are Hildegard Knef, Yousuf Karsh, Song Hye-rim, Stephen Jay Gould, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, and Sohn Kee-chung. After him are Katy Jurado, John Frankenheimer, Joaquín Balaguer, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Kim Hunter, and Henri Verneuil.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Abba Eban ranks 42 out of 454. Before him are Peter Abrahams (1919), Seymour Papert (1928), Jim Fouché (1898), Jan Smuts (1870), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), and Glynis Johns (1923). After him are George F. R. Ellis (1939), Reggie Walker (1889), André Brink (1935), Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), and Basil Rathbone (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Abba Eban ranks 19. Before him are P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Jim Fouché (1898), Jan Smuts (1870), and Kgalema Motlanthe (1949). After him are Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Tom Naudé (1889), Chris Hani (1942), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Marais Viljoen (1915).

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