Shaul Mofaz
| Shaul Mofaz | |
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| Date of birth | 4 November 1948 |
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran |
| Year of aliyah | 1957 |
| Knessets | 17, 18, 19 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2006–2015 | Kadima |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2002–2006 | Minister of Defense |
| 2006–2009 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 2006–2009 | Minister of Transportation |
| 2012 | Vice Prime Minister |
| 2012 | Minister without Portfolio |
| Other roles | |
| 1998–2002 | Chief of Staff of the IDF |
| 2012 | Leader of the Opposition |
| 2012–2013 | Leader of the Opposition |
Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz (Hebrew: שאול מופז; born 4 November 1948) is an Israeli former soldier and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit. In 1998 he became the sixteenth IDF's Chief of the General Staff, serving until 2002. He is of Iranian Jewish ancestry.
After leaving the army, he entered politics. He was appointed Minister of Defense in 2002, holding the position until 2006 when he was elected to the Knesset on the Kadima list. He then served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety until 2009. After becoming Kadima leader in March 2012 he became Leader of the Opposition, before returning to the cabinet during a 70-day spell in which he served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio. Kadima was reduced to just two seats in the 2013 elections, and Mofaz retired from politics shortly before the 2015 elections.
Shaul Mofaz was born Shahrām Mofazzazkār (Persian: شهرام مفضضکار) on 4 November 1948 in Tehran, to parents from Isfahan. Mofaz immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1957. Upon graduating from high school in 1966, he joined the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit.
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