Major General for the Israel Defence Forces and head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence service
Aluf
Meir Dagan
מאיר דגן
Dagan in 2011
Director of the Mossad
In office 2002–2011
Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by
Efraim Halevy
Succeeded by
Tamir Pardo
Personal details
Born
Meir Hubermann
(1945-01-30)30 January 1945 Kherson, USSR
Died
17 March 2016(2016-03-17) (aged 71)
Awards
Medal of Courage
Nickname
King of Shadows[1]
Military service
Allegiance
Israel
Branch/service
Israel Defense Forces
Years of service
1963–1996
Rank
Aluf
Battles/wars
Six-Day War Yom Kippur War 1982 Lebanon War
Aluf Meir Dagan (Hebrew: מאיר דגן; 30 January 1945 – 17 March 2016) was an Israel Defense Forces Major General (reserve) and Director of the Mossad.[2]
^Bar-Zohar, Michael; Mishal, Nissim (2012) [2010]. "One". Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service(Book) (Paperback) (First ed.). HarperCollins (published November 2012). p. 11. ISBN 9780062123442.
^Egypt claims Mossad to blame for shark attacks (& details of new Mossad head) Tom Gross Media
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