Gadi Eisenkot

Israeli military officer · Israel · Politicians · Born 1960 · age 66

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Gadi Eisenkot's IDF induction photo, 1978.

IDF Chief of General Staff Gadi Eisenkot arrives at a memorial ceremony of the IDF Combat Engineering Corps, 2016.

Awards

Commander of the Legion of Merit

First Lebanon War campaign ribbon

Second Lebanon War campaign ribbon

Operation Protective Edge campaign ribbon

About this person

Gadi Eisenkot, also spelt Eizenkot, is an Israeli general, politician and leader of the Yashar party. He served from 2015 to 2019 as the 21st chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces and from 2023 to 2024 as a minister without portfolio in Israel's unity government. Eisenkot, who grew up in Eilat, pursued maritime studies and later served in the IDF's Golani Brigade. He holds a B.A. in history from Tel Aviv University and a post-graduate degree in political science from Haifa University. Married with five children, he resides in Herzliya. One of his sons, Gal, was killed in action during the Gaza war.

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Israel