Shaul Mofaz

Shaul Mofaz   (Soldier, Politician)
Born	4 November 1948 Tehran, Iran
Religion	Jewish
Chief of Staff of the IDF In office July, 9th 1998 - July, 9th 2002 Preceded by "strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation. Succeeded by "strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.

Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli former soldier 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 sixteenth IDF's Chief of the General 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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