What is Esther Herlitz?
{{Infobox member of the Knesset |image= EstherHerlitz.jpg |birth_date = 9 October 1921 |birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany |Year of Aliyah = 1933 |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|24|1921|10|9|df=y}} |death_place = |Knesset(s) = [[Israeli legislative election, 1973|8]], [[Israeli legislative election, 1977|9]] |party1 = [[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]] |partyyears1 = 1974–1977 |party2 = [[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]] |partyyears2 = 1979–1981 }} '''Esther Herlitz''' ({{lang-he|אסתר הרליץ}}, 9 October 1921 – 24 March 2016) was an [[Israel]]i diplomat and politician. She served as a member of the [[Knesset]] for the [[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]] between 1973 and 1977 and again from 1979 until 1981. She was also Israel's first female ambassador, having been appointed as the country's ambassador to Denmark in 1966. Herlitz died on 24 March 2016 in [[Tel Aviv]] at the age of 94.<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/esther-herlitz-israels-first-female-ambassador-dies-aged-94/ Esther Herlitz, Israel’s first female ambassador, dies aged 94] Times of Israel, 24 March 2016</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Herlitz, Esther}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Israel]] [[Category:Members of the Knesset]] [[Category:German Jews]] [[Category:Jewish Israeli politicians]] [[Category:Jewish politicians]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:People from Berlin]]