Yossi Cohen

Yossi Cohen
Yossi Cohen
יוסי כהן
	Cohen in 2016
Director of Mossad
	In office; 5 January 2016 – 1 June 2021
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Tamir Pardo
Succeeded by	David Barnea
9th National Security Advisor (Israel)
	In office; August 2013 – January 2016
Preceded by	Yaakov Amidror
Succeeded by	Eytan Ben-David
Personal details
Born	10 September 1961 (age 62); Jerusalem

Yosef "Yossi" Meir Cohen (Hebrew: יוסף מאיר כהן; born 10 September 1961) is an Israeli intelligence officer.

After mandatory service in the Israeli Defense Forces, Cohen joined in the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency of Israel, in 1982. He rose to lead Mossad's Tzomet Division and was the agency's deputy director from 2011 to 2013, when he was appointed National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In 2016, Cohen succeeded Tamir Pardo as the Mossad's director. During his tenure, he oversaw Mossad's operation to steal Iran's nuclear archive and was the chief negotiator during the Abraham Accords. He stepped down from the agency in 2021.