(1948-11-04) 4 November 1948 (age 75) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Military service
Allegiance
Israel
Branch/service
Israel Defense Forces
Years of service
1966–2002 (36 years)
Rank
Rav Aluf (Chief of Staff; highest rank)
Commands
Paratroopers Brigade
202 Paratrooper battalion
769th Division
IDF Officer's school
91st Division
Judea and Samaria Division
Southern Command
Planning Directorate
Deputy Chief of Staff
Operations Directorate
Chief of General Staff
Battles/wars
Six day war
War of Attrition
Yom Kippur war
Operation Entebbe
First Lebanon War
First Intifada
Second Intifada
Operation Defensive Shield
Shaul Mofaz (Hebrew: שאול מופז; 4 November 1948) is a retired Israeli military officer and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit. In 1998 he became the IDF's sixteenth Chief of staff, serving until 2002. He is of Iranian Jewish ancestry.
After leaving the army, he entered politics. He was appointed Minister of Defense in 2002, holding the position until 2006, when he was elected to the Knesset on the Kadima list. He then served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety until 2009. After becoming Kadima leader in March 2012, he became Leader of the Opposition, before returning to the cabinet during a 70-day spell in which he served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio. Kadima was reduced to just two seats in the 2013 elections, and Mofaz retired from politics shortly before the 2015 elections.
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elsewhere required a rapid end to the fighting. Former defense minister ShaulMofaz promised combat-operations would be over by April 6, but that was clearly...
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shot. The ship was taken to Eilat the night of January 4. Major General ShaulMofaz, chief of staff of the IDF, announced in a Tel Aviv news conference on...
foreign minister of israel Avi Dichter, Internal Security Minister ShaulMofaz, Transport Minister Meir Sheetrit, Minister of the Interior On 28 July...
Knesset between 1969 and 2006 Orly Levy – former model who is a politician ShaulMofaz – Former Israeli Minister of Defense, currently number two on the Kadima...
it to its ticket by reserving the 11th spot for Kadima leader ShaulMofaz. However, Mofaz rejected these rumors, stating he had no intention of joining...
would take time to consider his steps. He ordered Minister of Defense ShaulMofaz to create an amended plan which Likud voters could accept. On June 6...
military forces between Syria and its allies. My war- Maj. Gen. (Res.) ShaulMofaz: 300 miles deep inside Syria on nrg Zvi Sever, and others, Paratroopers'...
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Israel Defense Forces
Rav Aluf (Chief of Staff; highest rank)