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Benny Gantz

Israeli military officer and politician (born 1959)

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Born: 1959-06-09

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5 total works indexed

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges
· 2009 · cited 2,963x
Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity
· 2017 · cited 2,842x
Pembrolizumab in Microsatellite-Instability–High Advanced Colorectal Cancer
· 2020 · cited 2,606x
Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers
· 2012 · cited 2,262x

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Key facts

2021: Minister of Justice
President: Reuven Rivlin
Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by: Office established
Succeeded by: Yair Lapid
2020 2022: Minister of Defense
2021 2022: Deputy Prime Minister
2023 2024: Minister without portfolio
2019 2022: Blue and White
2022 2025: National Unity
2011 2015: Chief of the General Staff
Born: Benjamin Gantz , ( 1959-06-09 ) 9 June 1959 (age 66) , Kfar Ahim , Israel
Party: Blue and White (since 2018)

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Born: 9 June 1959

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Israel
Place of birth: Kfar Ahim
Occupation: commander-in-chief
Position held: Knesset member
Educated at: National Defense University
Political party: Blue and White Israel Resilience Party
Academic degree: master's degree
Conflict

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Benjamin "Benny" Gantz (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ [binjaˈmin ˈbeni ˈɡant͡s]; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the minister of defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime minister.

He served as the 20th Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 2011 to 2015. In December 2018, he entered politics by establishing a new political party named Israel Resilience. The party later allied itself with Telem and Yesh Atid to form Blue and White (Hebrew: Kaḥol Lavan), the colours of the Israeli national flag. In 2022, Gantz became the leader of National Unity, made up of the Israel Resilience Party and New Hope.