| Deputy Chief of General Staff of the IDF | |
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| Formation | January 1948 |
| First holder | Tzvi Ayalon |
The rank of the Deputy Chief of staff (Aluf)
The Deputy Chief of General Staff is the second to the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. The Deputy chief of Staff is an officer with the rank of Major General (Aluf). The current Deputy Chief of Staff is Major General (Aluf) Amir Baram.[1]
History[]
The position of Deputy Chief of Staff was not continuously filled. Until the year 1999, Deputy Chiefs of Staff served as the Commanders of the General Staff Directorate simultaneously, With the exception of Haim Bar-Lev who held office on the eve of and during the Six Day War and Israel Tal who held office after the Yom Kippur War. In 1999, the Operations Directorate was established and the positions were officially separated, Since then, it is common to see the Deputy Chief of Staff as the person in charge of the IDF force building, Procurement, development, equipping and maintenance of weapons, Planning, recruitment and training of personnel and maintaining their fitness and more. Despite legislative proposals on the matter, the Deputy Chief of Staff is not defined by law as acting in place of the Chief of Staff.
Since 2005 The Control and Surveillance Department in the IDF is subordinate to the Deputy Chief of Staff. In 2016-2017, the Computer Service Directorate was also subordinate to the Deputy Chief of Staff.
The acting Deputy Chief of Staff is usually one of the natural candidates to replace the outgoing Chief of Staff. And it is accepted to see the fulfillment of the position as an "apprenticeship" before taking command of the IDF. 19 of the 22 Chiefs of Staff who have headed the IDF to date, previously served in the position of Deputy Chief of Staff, usually close to their appointment as Chief of the General Staff.
List of Deputy Chiefs of Staff[]
| Picture | Name | Period of serving | Chief of Staff | Remarks |
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Tzvi Ayalon | January 1948 | Yaakov Dori | |
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Mordechai Maklef | 9th of November 1949 - 7th of December 1952 | Yigael Yadin | 3rd Chief of Staff |
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Moshe Dayan | 7th of December 1952 - December 1953 | Mordechai Maklef | 4th Chief of Staff |
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Haim Laskov | 20th of August 1955 - 23rd of July 1956 | Moshe Dayan | 5th Chief of Staff |
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Tzvi Tzur | 1958 – 1958 | Haim Laskov | 6th Chief of Staff |
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Yitzhak Rabin | 23rd of January 1961 - 30 of December 1963 | Tzvi Tzur | 7th Chief of Staff |
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Haim Bar-Lev | May 1967 - January 1968 | Yitzhak Rabin | 8th Chief of Staff |
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David Elazar | 1969 - January 1972 | Haim Bar-Lev | 9th Chief of Staff |
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Israel Tal | 1972 – 1973 | David Elazar | |
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Herzl Shafir | April 1974 - March 1976 | Mordechai Gur | 7th commissioner of the Israeli Police |
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Rafael Eitan | August 1977 - April 1978 | 11th Chief of Staff | |
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Yekutiel Adam | 1978 – 1982 | Rafael Eitan | killed in the 1982 Lebanon War before he could take up his post as Chief of Staff |
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Moshe Levi | 1982 – 1983 | 12th Chief of Staff | |
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David Ivry | 1983 – 1985 | Moshe Levi | |
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Dan Shomron | 17th of January 1985 - 1st of October 1986 | 13th Chief of Staff | |
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Amir Drori | 1st of October 1986 - 6th of April 1987 | Dan Shomron | |
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Ehud Barak | 7th of May 1987 - 13th of March 1991 | 14th Chief of Staff | |
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | 13th of March 1991 - 29th of November 1994 | Ehud Barak | 15th Chief of Staff |
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Matan Vilnai | 29th of November 1994 - 15th of September 1997 | Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | |
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Shaul Mofaz | 15th of September 1997 - 11th of June 1998 | 16th Chief of Staff | |
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Uzi Dayan | 11th of June 1998 - 15th of September 2000 | Shaul Mofaz | |
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Moshe Ya'alon | 15th of September 2000 - 9th of July 2002 | 17th Chief of Staff | |
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Gabi Ashkenazi | 9th of July 2002 - 15th of July 2004 | Moshe Ya'alon | 19th Chief of Staff |
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Dan Halutz | 15th of July 2004 - 17th of March 2005 | 18th Chief of Staff | |
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Moshe Kaplinsky | 17th of March 2005 - 1st of October 2007 | Dan Halutz | |
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Dan Harel | 1st of October 2007 - 1st of October 2009 | Gabi Ashkenazi | CEO of Defense Ministry |
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Benny Gantz | 1st of October 2009 - 25th of November 2010 | 20th Chief of Staff | |
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Yair Naveh | 25th of November 2010 - 14th of January 2013[2] | Benny Gantz | |
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Gadi Eizenkot | 14th of January 2013 - 15th of December 2014[3] | 21st Chief of Staff | |
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Yair Golan | 15th of December 2014 - 11th of May 2017[4] | Gadi Eizenkot | |
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Aviv Kochavi | 11th of May 2017 - 13th of December 2018[4] | 22nd Chief of Staff | |
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Eyal Zamir | 13th of December 2018 - 11th of July 2021[5] | Aviv Kochavi | |
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Herzi Halevi | 11th of July 2021 - 31st of October 2022[6] | 23rd Chief of Staff | |
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Amir Baram | 31st of October 2022 - Present[1] |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gantz Appoints Gen. Amir Baram as Israel's Army Deputy Chief of Staff" (in en). Haaretz. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-10-24/ty-article/.premium/gantz-appoints-gen-amir-baram-as-army-deputy-chief-of-staff/00000184-0b4b-dbbf-a5c4-6fdfb8a00000.
- ↑ "Major General (Res.) Yair Naveh Named Next IDF Deputy Chief" (in en). Haaretz. https://www.haaretz.com/2010-10-04/ty-article/major-general-res-yair-naveh-named-next-idf-deputy-chief/0000017f-e352-d568-ad7f-f37b98990000.
- ↑ פינקלר, קובי (2013-01-14). "האלוף אייזנקוט מונה לסגן הרמטכ"ל" (in he). https://www.inn.co.il/news/249998.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "אלוף אביב כוכבי מונה לסגן הרמטכ"ל הבא". https://www.maariv.co.il/news/military/Article-562188.
- ↑ אייכנר, יואב זיתון ואיתמר (2018-11-22). "סגן הרמטכ"ל הבא: אייל זמיר" (in he). Ynet. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5411997,00.html.
- ↑ "Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi takes over as IDF's deputy chief of staff" (in en-US). https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/maj-gen-herzi-halevi-takes-over-as-idfs-deputy-chief-of-staff/.
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