Yossi Cohen | |
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יוסי כהן | |
.jpg) Cohen in 2016 | |
| Director of Mossad | |
| In office 5 January 2016 – 1 June 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Preceded by | Tamir Pardo |
| Succeeded by | David Barnea |
| 9th National Security Advisor (Israel) | |
| In office August 2013 – January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Yaakov Amidror |
| Succeeded by | Eytan Ben-David |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1961 Jerusalem |
Yosef "Yossi" Meir Cohen (Hebrew: יוסף מאיר כהן; born 10 September 1961) is an Israeli intelligence officer.
After mandatory service in the Israeli Defense Forces, Cohen joined in the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency of Israel, in 1982. He rose to lead Mossad's Tzomet Division and was the agency's deputy director from 2011 to 2013, when he was appointed National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In 2016, Cohen succeeded Tamir Pardo as the Mossad's director. During his tenure, he oversaw Mossad's operation to steal Iran's nuclear archive and was the chief negotiator during the Abraham Accords. He stepped down from the agency in 2021.