Isi Yanouka

Yitzhak "Isi" Yanouka (Hebrew: יצחק (איזי) ינוקא; died 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. 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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