Zev Sufott

Zev Sufott
זאב סופוט
Born27 October 1927
Liverpool, U.K.
Died18 April 2014(2014-04-18) (aged 86)
Resting placeKiryat Shaul Cemetery
EducationMagdalen College, Oxford
Yale University
Georgetown University
OccupationDiplomat

Zev Sufott (Hebrew: זאב סופוט; 27 October 1927 – 18 April 2014) was an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, beginning in 1992. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, he was also a former Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands and the Deputy Director for Europe within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.