Moshe Ya'alon

Israeli military officer and politician

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2009 2013: Vice Prime Minister
2013 2016: Minister of Defense
2009 2016: Likud
2019 2020: Blue and White
2020 2021: Telem
1995 1998: Head of Aman
1998 2000: Head of Central Command
1999 2002: Deputy Chief of the General Staff
2002 2005: Chief of the General Staff
Born: ( 1950-06-24 ) 24 June 1950 (age 75) , Kiryat Haim , Haifa , Haifa District , Israel
Awards: Legion of Merit
Nickname: Bogie
Allegiance: Israel
Branch service: Israel Defense Forces
Years of service: 1968–2005
Rank: Rav Aluf
Commands: Sayeret Matkal Paratroopers Brigade West Bank Division AMAN Central Command Chief of the General Staff
Battles wars: War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Operation Litani 1982 Lebanon War South Lebanon conflict First Intifada Second Intifada Operation Protective Edge

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Israel
Place of birth: Kiryat Chaim
Occupation: military officer
Political party: Telem
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Conflict: 1982 Lebanon War
Military branch: Israel Defense Forces
Military rank: general
Image: Moshe Ya'alon.jpg
Work location: Jerusalem

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date of birth: 1950-06-24
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allegiance: Israel Defense Forces
social media followers: 136763
start of work period: 1968-00-00
end of work period: 2005-00-00

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Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה יעלון; born Moshe Smilansky; 24 June 1950) is a retired Israeli politician and former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 to 2016.

He was elected in the April 2019 Israeli election as part of the Blue and White list, and served in the Knesset as a member of the faction until joining the Yesh Atid-Telem created following the 2020 election. Ya'alon retired from politics in the lead up to the 2021 election after testing the waters by splitting his Telem party from Yesh Atid.

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