Amnon Lipkin-Shahak

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
אמנון ליפקין-שחק‎
Minister of Transportation
In office 5 August 1999 – 2001
Prime Minister	Ehud Barak
Preceded by	Ehud Barak
Succeeded by	Rehavam Ze'evi
Minister of Tourism
In office 11 October 2000 – 2001
Prime Minister	Ehud Barak
Preceded by	Yitzhak Mordechai
Succeeded by	Efraim Sneh
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-18)18 March 1944 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	19 December 2012(2012-12-19) (aged 68) Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Jerusalem
Resting place	Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, Tel Aviv
Nationality	Israeli
Political party	Labor[1]
Other political affiliations	Center Party, New Way
Spouse	Tali Lipkin-Shahak
Children	5
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University
Profession	Military officer
Awards	Medal of Courage (2)
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Branch/service	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1962–1998
Rank	Rav Aluf (Chief of Staff; highest rank)
Unit	Paratroopers Brigade, Central Command
Commands	Duchifat Unit (Sayeret), Nahal Airborne Battalion, Deputy Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Reservist Paratroopers Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, A reservist armored division, Steel Formation, Central Command, Intelligence, Deputy Chief of General Staff, Chief of General Staff
Battles/wars	Six-Day War, Operation Inferno, War of Attrition, 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon, Yom Kippur War, First Lebanon War, First Intifada

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (Hebrew: אמנון ליפקין-שחק; March 18, 1944 – December 19, 2012)^[2][3] was an Israeli military officer and politician. He served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, as a Member of the Knesset, and as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Tourism.