Moshe Ya'alon

Moshe Ya'alon
Moshe Ya'alon
משה יעלון‎
Ministerial roles
2009–2013	Vice Prime Minister
2009–2013	Minister of Strategic Affairs
2013–2016	Minister of Defense
Faction represented in the Knesset
2009–2016	Likud
2019–2020	Blue and White
2020–2021	Telem
Military roles
1995–1998	Head of Aman
1998–2000	Head of Central Command
1999–2002	Deputy Chief of General Staff
2002–2005	Chief of General Staff
Personal details
Born	24 June 1950 (age 74); Kiryat Haim, Israel
Awards	Legion of Merit
Nickname	Bogie
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Branch/service	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1968–2005
Rank	Rav Aluf
Commands	Sayeret Matkal; Paratroopers Brigade; West Bank Division; AMAN; Central Command; Chief of General Staff;
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War; Operation Litani; 1982 Lebanon War; South Lebanon conflict; First Intifada; Second Intifada; Operation Protective Edge;

Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה יעלון; born Moshe Smilansky; 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016.^[1] Ya'alon ran for Knesset in 2019 as the number three member of the Blue and White party, a joint list created by the merging of the Israel Resilience Party, led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, and Yesh Atid, led by Yair Lapid.^[2] Ya'alon briefly served as the number 2 on the Yesh Atid-Telem list that was created following the 2020 Israeli legislative election. Ya'alon retired from politics in the lead up to the 2021 election after testing the waters by splitting his Telem party from Yesh Atid.