Commander of the Israeli Navy | |
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מפקד זרוע הים | |
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Member of | The General Staff |
Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
Appointer | Chief of the General Staff |
Formation | 17 March 1948 |
First holder | Gershon Zak |
Website | www.idf.il/en/minisites/general-staff/ |
The Commander of the Israeli Navy is the head and highest-ranking officer of the Israeli Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current Commander David Saar Salama.
List of officeholders[]
№ | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref | |
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1 | Gershon Zak (1913–1989) | 17 March 1948 | April 1949 | 1 year | [1] | |
2 | Paul Shulman (1922–1994) | April 1949 | May 1949 | 1 month | [1] | |
3 | Shlomo Shamir (1915–2009) | Aluf May 1949 | December 1950 | 1 year, 7 months | [1] | |
4 | Mordechai Limon (1924–2009) | Aluf 14 December 1950 | 30 June 1954 | 3 years, 6 months | [1] | |
5 | Shmuel Tankus (1914–2012) | Aluf 1 July 1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
6 | Yohai Ben-Nun (1924–1994) | Aluf 1960 | 1966 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
7 | Shlomo Erell (1920–2018) | Aluf January 1966 | September 1968 | 2 years, 8 months | [1] | |
8 | Avraham Botzer (1929–2012) | Aluf September 1968 | 1 September 1972 | 4 years | [1] | |
9 | Benjamin Telem (1928–2008) | Aluf 1 September 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
10 | Michael Barkai (1935–1999) | Aluf 1976 | 10 January 1979 | 2–3 years | [1][2] | |
11 | Ze'ev Almog (born 1935) | Aluf 10 January 1979 | February 1985 | 6 years | [1] | |
12 | Avraham Ben-Shoshan (born 1940) | Aluf February 1985 | 1989 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
13 | Micha Ram (1942–2018) | Aluf 1989 | 1992 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
14 | Ami Ayalon (born 1945) | Aluf 1992 | 1995 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
15 | Alex Tal (born 1946) | Aluf 1995 | 1999 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
16 | Yedidya Ya'ari (born 1947) | Aluf 1999 | September 2004 | 4–5 years | [1] | |
17 | David Ben-Besht (born 1950) | Aluf September 2004 | 2007 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
18 | Eli Marom (born 1955) | Aluf 2007 | 2011 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
19 | Ram Rothberg (born 1964) | Aluf 10 October 2011 | 12 September 2016 | 4 years, 11 months | [1][3] | |
20 | Eli Sharvit (born 1964) | Aluf 12 September 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 4 months | [4][5] |
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 "Israeli Navy: Navy Commanders-in-Chief". https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israeli-navy-commanders-in-chief. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ "Israeli Navy Commander Ousted After Winning Acquittal in Rape". The New York Times. 10 January 1979. p. 7. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/10/archives/israeli-navy-commander-ousted-after-winning-acquittal-in-rape.html. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ "Maj. Gen. Marom: Israel Navy capable of operating in distant theaters". IDF Spokesperson. 10 October 2011. http://www.idf.il/1283-13471-en/Dover.aspx. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ↑ "New Israeli Navy head: Major-General Eli Sharvit". JerusalemOnline. 12 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127185758/http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/politics-and-military/military/eli-sharvit-becomes-new-israeli-navy-head-23574. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ Gross, Judah Ari (12 September 2016). "IDF gets new top sailor, as Eisenkot makes fresh appointments". The Times of Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-gets-new-top-sailor-as-eisenkot-makes-fresh-appointments/. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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