NationMaster - Encyclopedia: RAMATKAL

The Ramatkal (Hebrew: רמטכ"ל, abbr. of Rosh Mate Klali, lit. Head of General Staff) is the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. Image File history File links Idf_lt-gen. ... Image File history File links Idf_lt-gen. ... ... Hebrew (×¢Ö´×‘Ö°×¨Ö´×™×ª â€˜Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel, the West Bank, the United States, and by Jewish communities around the world. ... The term Chief of Staff can refer to: The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: ×¦×‘× ×”×”×’× ×” ×œ×™×©×¨××œ (helpÂ· info), [Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated ×¦×”×œ Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces, comprising the Israeli army, Israeli air force and Israeli navy. ...

Rav Aluf (Hebrew: רב-אלוף) is the rank held by the Ramatkal. It is equivalent to the rank of Lieutenant General in the British or US armies. Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ...

List of IDF Chiefs of Staff

Categories: Military rank stubs | Israel Defense Forces stubs | Israel Defense Forces ranks Yaakov Dori (1899-1973) was the first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ... Yigael Yadin (March 20, 1917 - June 28, 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ... Mordechai Motke Maklef was the third Chief-of-Staff of the Israel Defence Force (IDF) and later, director-general of many important public companies in the Israeli economy. ... Moshe Dayan (helpÂ· info) (Hebrew: ×ž×©×” ×“×™×™×Ÿ) (May 20, 1915 â€“ October 16, 1981), was an Israeli military leader and politician. ... Chaim Laskov (1919-1983) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. ... Tzvi Tzur ( ×¦×‘×™ ×¦×•×¨ in Hebrew ) (1923 - December 28, 2004) was the Israel Defense Forces 6th Chief of Staff and an Israeli public figure. ... â–¶ (helpÂ· info) (or Yitschak Rabin) (or Yitzchak Rabin) (×™×¦×—×§ ×¨×‘×™×Ÿ in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 â€“ November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ... Chaim Kidoni Bar-Lev (November 16, 1924 - May 7, 1994) was a Jewish army officer during Israels pre-state and early statehood eras. ... David (Dado) Elazar (1925 - 1976), was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. ... Mordechai (Mote) Gur (May 6, 1930 - July 16, 1995) was an Israeli politician and the Israeli Defense Forces 10th Chief of Staff. ... Rafael Eitan (January 11, 1929 â€“ November 23, 2004) was an Israeli general, former chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces and later a politician and a Knesset member. ... Moshe Levi (born 1936) was the 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 1983-1987 . ... Dan Shomron (born 1937) was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, from 1987 to 1991. ... Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×Öµ×”×•Ö¼×“ ×‘Ö¼Ö¸×¨Ö¸×§) (born February 12th, 1942, in Mishmar HaSharon kibbutz, then British Mandate of Palestine) is an Israeli politician and was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. ... Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (Hebrew: אמנון ליפקין-שחק, born March 18th, 1944) was the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and later Israeli Minister of Tourism and Transport. ... Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz (b. ... General Moshe Yaalon, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (2002-2005) Lieutenant-General Moshe Yaalon (often nicknamed Boogie) (born 1950) was the 17th Chief of Staff (×¨×ž×˜×›×œ) of the Israeli Defence Force. ... General Dan Halutz (helpÂ· info) (Hebrew: ×“×Ÿ ×—×œ×•×¥) (born 1948 in Tel Aviv) is a Persian-Israeli General and former Israeli Air Force commander. ...