Moshe Ya'alon

Moshe Ya'alon
משה יעלון
Ministerial roles
2009–2013Vice Prime Minister
2009–2013Minister of Strategic Affairs
2013–2016Minister of Defense
Faction represented in the Knesset
2009–2016Likud
2019–2020Blue and White
2020–2021Telem
Military roles
1995–1998Head of Aman
1998–2000Head of Central Command
1999–2002Deputy Chief of General Staff
2002–2005Chief of General Staff
Personal details
Born (1950-06-24) 24 June 1950 (age 74)
Kiryat Haim, Israel
AwardsLegion of Merit
NicknameBogie
Military service
Allegiance Israel
Branch/service Israel Defense Forces
Years of service1968–2005
Rank Rav Aluf
Commands
Battles/wars

Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה יעלון; born Moshe Smilansky; 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016.[1] Ya'alon ran for Knesset in 2019 as the number three member of the Blue and White party, a joint list created by the merging of the Israel Resilience Party, led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, and Yesh Atid, led by Yair Lapid.[2] Ya'alon briefly served as the number 2 on the Yesh Atid-Telem list that was created following the 2020 Israeli legislative 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.

  1. ^ Moshe Yaalon, Israeli Defense Minister, Resigns The New York Times, 20 May 2016
  2. ^ staff, T. O. I. "United Gantz-Lapid party to be called 'Blue and White'; no women in top 6". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.