Shaul Mofaz

Shaul Mofaz   (Soldier, Politician)
Born	4 November 1948 Tehran, Iran
Religion	Jewish
Party	Kadima
Former Israeli Military Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense  Israel/Defense Forces/Chief of Staff  In office 9 July 1998 - 9 July 2002 Preceded by Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Succeeded by Moshe Yaalon  Member of the Knesset In office 2006 - 2015  Israel/Minister/Defense In office 2002 - 2006  Israel/Deputy Prime Minister In office 2006 - 2009  Israel/Minister/Transportation In office 2006 - 2009

Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli former soldier and politician.

Background

Mofaz was born Shahrām Mofazzazkār on 4 November 1948 in Tehran, Iran, to Persian Jewish parents from Isfahan, and lived in Tehran until his family moved to Israel in 1957 when he was nine years old.

Career

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 sixteenth IDF's Chief of the General Staff, serving until 2002.

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.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Herzliya Conference/2006	21 January 2006	24 January 2006	Israel Tel Aviv Reichman University	A 2006 conference on Israeli security needs.
Herzliya Conference/2007	21 January 2007	24 January 2007	Israel Tel Aviv Reichman University	"The conference examined the array of dangers, threats and difficulties Israel has faced since early 2006, identified a broad web of problems in all of the fundamental strata upon which national security is based, and proposed strategies for action."
Herzliya Conference/2009	2 February 2009	4 February 2009	Israel Tel Aviv Reichman University

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