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

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 (2013–2014) Yair Golan (2014–present)

Heads of 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) Or (1983–86) Peled (1986–91) Mordechai (1991–94) Levin (1994–98) Ashkenazi (1998–2002) Gantz (2002–05) Adam (2005–06) Eizenkot (2006–2011) Golan (2011–2014) Kochavi (2014–)