- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAubrey Solomon Meir
- Nickname
- The Vice of the Hebrew Nation
- Abba Eban was born on February 2, 1915 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was a writer, known for Double Edge (1991), Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (1984) and Ben Gurion Remembers (1972). He was married to Shoshana (Suzy) Ambache. He died on November 17, 2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- SpouseShoshana (Suzy) Ambache(March 18, 1945 - November 17, 2002) (his death, 2 children)
- Israeli politician, diplomat and government official.
- Held posts as Israel's ambassador to the United States and the United Nations.
- Uncle of Jonathan Lynn, British film director and creator of the BBC political satire Yes Minister (1980).
- Israel's representative at the United Nations during the independence struggle of 1948, its ambassador to both Washington and the United Nations during the Middle East war of 1956, and its foreign minister during the 1967 and 1973 Middle East wars.
- When his mother remarried, he took the surname of his stepfather, Dr. Isaac Eban.
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