Isi Yanouka

Yitzhak "Isi" Yanouka (Hebrew: יצחק (איזי) ינוקא; died 8 April 2023) was the Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon.[1]

Yanouka served as Ambassador to the Ivory Coast,[2] concurrent in Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso, from 2013 until 2016. In 2010, the Angolan government refused to receive openly gay Yanouka as the new ambassador due to his sexuality.[3]

Yanouka married his husband, Rabbi Mikie Goldstein, in the 1990s,[2] making the latter man the first same-sex spouse of an Israeli envoy.[4]

On 10 April 2023, it was announced that Yanouka had died.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Isi Yanouka". Embassy of Israel in Cameroon. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Maltz, Judy (7 September 2014). "Israel's Conservative Movement Gets Its First Openly Gay Pulpit Rabbi". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ Hartman, Ben (30 April 2010). "Was diplomat denied post in Angola because he is openly gay? - Israel - Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ Jeffay, Nathan (11 September 2014). "Gay Masorti rabbi a first for Israel". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ Takambou, Mefo (10 April 2023). "Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon dies". Mimi Mefo Info. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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