Yair Golan

Yair Golan

Born	1962 Rishon LeZion, Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Years of service	1980–
Rank	Aluf
Commands held	Israeli Northern Command
Battles/wars	1982 Lebanon War First Intifada South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) Second Intifada Operation Defensive Shield 2006 Lebanon War Operation Cast Lead

Aluf Yair Golan (Hebrew: יאיר גולן‎) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and currently the Deputy Chief of General Staff.

Timeline of career^[1]

1980: enlisted in the Paratroopers Brigade (IDF)
1980s-90s: company commander, commander of 'Orev' company, deputy battalion commander, Operations Branch officer, and commander of brigade 890
1993: battalion commander in IDF Officers' School
1994: Judea and Samaria Division Division Division's Operations Branch Officer
1996–1997: commander of Eastern Division of Lebanon Liaison Unit
1998–2000: head of Operations Directorate
2000–2002: commander of Nahal infantry brigade
2003–2007: commander of Judea and Samaria Division Division
2008–2011: commander of Home Front Command
July 2011–November 2014: head of Israeli Northern Command^[1]
Since December 2014: the Deputy Chief of General Staff

References

1 2 "Major General Yair Golan, GOC Homefront Command". Israel Defense Forces. Retrieved 2008-12-28.

Deputy Chiefs of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

Tzvi Ayalon (1948–49)
Mordechai Maklef (1949–52)
Haim Laskov (1955–56)
Tzvi Tzur (1958)
Yitzhak Rabin (1961–63)
Haim Bar-Lev (1967–68)
Israel Tal (1973)
Yekutiel Adam (1978–82)
Moshe Levi (1982–83)
David Ivry (1983–85)
Dan Shomron (1985–86)
Amir Drori (1986–87)
Ehud Barak (1987–91)
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1991–94)
Matan Vilnai (1994–97)
Shaul Mofaz (1997–98)
Uzi Dayan (1998–99)
Moshe Ya'alon (1999–2002)
Gabi Ashkenazi (2002–04)
Dan Halutz (2004–05)
Moshe Kaplinsky (2005–07)
Dan Harel (2007–09)
Benny Gantz (2009–10)
Yair Naveh (2010–13)
Gadi Eizenkot (2013–14)
Yair Golan (2014–present)

GOC Northern Command

Carmel (1948–49)
Avidar (1949–52)
Dayan (1952)
Simhoni (1952–54)
Tzadok (1954–56)
Rabin (1956–59)
Zorea (1959–62)
Yoffe (1962–64)
Elazar (1964–69)
Gur (1969–72)
Hofi (1972–74)
Gur (1974)
Eitan (1974–77)
Ben-Gal (1977–81)
Drori (1981–83)
Orr (1983–86)
Peled (1986–91)
Mordechai (1991–94)
Levin (1994–98)
Ashkenazi (1998–2002)
Gantz (2002–05)
Adam (2005–06)
Eizenkot (2006–11)
Golan (2011–14)
Kochavi (2014–present)

Chiefs of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

Yaakov Dori (1947–49) Yigael Yadin (1949–52) Mordechai Maklef (1952–53) Moshe Dayan (1953–58) Haim Laskov (1958–61) Tzvi Tzur (1961–64) Yitzhak Rabin (1964–68) Haim Bar-Lev (1968–72) David Elazar (1972–74) Mordechai Gur (1974–78) Rafael Eitan (1978–83) Moshe Levi (1983–87) Dan Shomron (1987–91) Ehud Barak (1991–95) Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1995–98) Shaul Mofaz (1998–2002) Moshe Ya'alon (2002–05) Dan Halutz (2005–07) Gabi Ashkenazi (2007–11) Benny Gantz (2011–15) Gadi Eizenkot (2015–present)

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Yair Golan

Timeline of career[1]

References

Timeline of career^[1]