Ze'ev Ben Aryeh
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October 30, 1945
Ze'ev Ben Aryeh | |
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| Born | Vladimir Flanchik October 30, 1945 Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Known for | Former Israeli ambassador to Belarus, involved in a breach of trust case |
| Spouse | Olga Ben Aryeh |
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Ze'ev Ben Aryeh (born Vladimir Flanchik, Russian: Владимир Леонидович Фланчик, Ukrainian: Володимир Фланчик,[1] on October 30, 1945) is an Israeli diplomat and the former Israeli ambassador to Belarus, who pleaded guilty to illegally tipping off his long-term friend Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to a criminal investigation being conducted into his affairs.
Ze'ev Ben-Aryeh was born in Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). In 1971, after graduating from the University of Kharkiv, he immigrated to Israel. In 1972, he began working for Kol Israel and for many years was director of its Russian-language news department. He also sat on the editorial board of the Russian-language newspaper "Vremia" in the 1990s. In 1993, he joined the Israeli Foreign Service.
He has worked at Israeli embassies in Moscow, Minsk, and Kyiv, and from 1997 to 1998, was chargé d'affaires at the Israeli embassy in Minsk. In 2004, he was appointed ambassador to Belarus. Lieberman had allegedly lobbied for him to be appointed ambassador.
