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What political positions did Abba Eban hold?

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A superb orator and witty debater, he became (1948) Israel's UN representative and served concurrently as ambassador to the United States from 1950 until his election to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in 1959. A member of the Labor party, he held various cabinet positions before becoming foreign minister in 1966-74. In that office he strove for closer ties with the United States and Western Europe.

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