Isi Yanouka

Yitzhak ”Isi” Yanouka is the Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon.[1]

He 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 him the first same sex spouse of an Israeli envoy.[4]

References
  1. "Isi Yanouka". Embassy of Israel in Cameroon. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. Maltz, Judy (September 7, 2014). "Israel's Conservative Movement Gets Its First Openly Gay Pulpit Rabbi". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. Hartman, Ben (2010-04-30). "Was diplomat denied post in Angola because he is openly gay? - Israel - Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  4. Jeffay, Nathan (September 11, 2014). "Gay Masorti rabbi a first for Israel". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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