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Benny Gantz
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Israeli military officer and politician (born 1959)
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)
- Spouse
- Revital
- Alma mater
- Tel Aviv University , University of Haifa , National Defense University
- Nickname
- Benny
- Allegiance
- Israel
- Branch service
- Israeli Armed Forces
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Kfar Ahim
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Knesset member
- Educated at
- National Defense University
- Political party
- Blue and White Israel Resilience Party
- Academic degree
- master's degree
- Conflict
- South Lebanon conflict
- Official website
- kachollavan.org.il
- Image
- Israeli Minister Benny Gantz at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 5, 2024 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Yad Mordechai
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- Commons category
- Benny Gantz
- date of birth
- 1959-06-09
- name in native language
- בנימין גנץ
- social media followers
- 12200
- P10632
- Benny Gantz
- start of work period
- 1977-09-19
- end of work period
- 2015-02-16
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benny Gantz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.