Benny Gantz
Israeli military officer and politician · Israel · On the map · Politicians · Born 1959 · age 67
Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the minister of defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime minister.
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2021Named Deputy Prime Minister of IsraelOffice13 June 2021 to 29 December 2022Named Justice Minister of IsraelOffice1 January to 13 June 20212020Named Minister of Defense of IsraelOffice17 May 2020 to 29 December 2022Named Speaker of the KnessetOffice26 March to 17 May 20202019Named Knesset memberOfficefrom 30 April 20192011Named Chief of the General StaffOffice14 February 2011 to 16 February 20151959Born9 June 1959
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Gantz's IDF induction photo, 1977.
Colonel Benny Gantz with IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak during a Paratroopers Brigade exercise, 1996.
Gantz as Chief of General Staff
Gantz in fire practice area, Golan Heights, 2012
Benny Gantz (right) meets with General Martin Dempsey (left), Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2012
Benny Gantz conducting a surprise visit to training bases as Chief of Staff, 2011
President Reuven Rivlin tasking Gantz with the formation of a government, October 2019On YouTube
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Born 1959 · age 67
