Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz (Hebrew בני גנץ; born June 9, 1959 in Kfar Ahim (Israel ) ) is an Israeli Lieutenant General (Raw - Aluf ) and since February 14, 2011, the 20th Chief of Staff ( Ramatkal ) of the Israel Defense Forces ( Tzahal ). Previously, he was from 2005 to 2007 commander of the Israeli army. His mother is a Holocaust survivor.

Military career

Gantz occurred in 1977 in the Israel Defense Forces a. As a volunteer, he first came to the paratroopers and got 1979, the patent officer. During his military career, he served in various uses and branches of the armed forces. In 1987 he became commander of the Viper Brigade of parachute troops. In 1989, he joined the Air Force and took over the Shaldag until 1992 commander of the paratroopers reserve was. In 1994 he took only a brigade of Judea Division and shortly afterwards he moved, ( dt as brigadier general ) already conveyed to the Tat- Aluf, to the Samaria Division.

After this he returned again in 1995 to use the paratroopers back and became commander of these weapons. In 1999 he joined as head of Lebanon Liaison Unit (German: Lebanon connection force ). 2000 promoted to Aluf, he first took over the command of the Judea - Division and a short time afterwards in command of the Samaria Division. Finally he took over in 2002 the command of the Northern Command and in 2005 was commander of 1998, as the headquarters of the Army ( Mazi ). This command he gave at the end of 2007 from Avi Mizrachi. Since January 2008 Gantz was military attaché to the Israeli Embassy in the United States.

Gantz acquired during his military training or during his training various academic degrees, he graduated both in the inter - arm Command and Staff College, and at the National Defense College of the IDF. In addition, he received a Master of Arts from the U.S. National Defense University in National Resource Management. He then joined a study at the University of Tel Aviv and Haifa and earned a bachelor's degree in history and another Master of Arts in Political Science.

Family

Gantz is married and has three children.