Eli Marom

Eljezer Marom (* 1955 in Sde Eliezer, Israel) is a Vice Admiral ( Aluf ) of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF ) and was from 2007 to 2011 commander of the Israeli Navy ( ISC).

Biography

Marom was born the son of a Chinese living in Germany and a Russian immigrant.

After school he joined the Navy and completed his training as a naval officer in 1975 with the graduation from. Then he found his first seafaring use as an engineer officer. In the following years found uses as reconnaissance, navigation and communication officer, commander of a gunboat Commodore and a gunboat squadron. Later he was commander of courses for Marine commanders (Advanced Naval Command Course ), then head of the department for operational reconnaissance ( Operational Intelligence Department) and, finally, Commodore of the gunboat flotilla.

In 1999 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and appointed commander of the naval base of Haifa and at the same time the naval forces in northern Israel ( " North Arena "). He was made ​​head of Naval Operations ( Naval Operations ) and then in 2003 the Chief of Staff of the Israeli navy in 2001. Between 2004 and 2005, Rear Admiral Marom was representative of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF ) in the United States Joint Forces Command. In August 2005, his accreditation was granted as military attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Singapore.

On 9 October 2007 Marom was promoted to Vice Admiral ( Aluf ) and appointed as successor to David Ben Ba'ashat Commander in Chief of the Navy.

In addition to a graduation at Navy 's Advanced Command Course and the National Defense College, he completed courses at the U.S. Navy Senior International Defense Management Program ( USNSIDMP ) and the Harvard Business School. In addition Eljezer Marom holds a degree in Social Sciences at the University of Haifa, where he graduated with a Master of Arts.

Vice Admiral Marom is married and has three children.