Commander of the Israeli Navy | |
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מפקד זרוע הים | |
since 2 September 2021 | |
Israeli Navy | |
Member of | The General Staff |
Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
Appointer | Chief of the General Staff |
Formation | 17 March 1948 |
First holder | Gershon Zak |
Website | www |
The Commander of the Israeli Navy is the head and highest-ranking officer of the Israeli Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current Commander David Saar Salama.
No. | Picture | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Gershon Zak (1913–1989) | 17 March 1948 | April 1949 | 1 year | [1] | |
2 | Paul Shulman (1922–1994) | April 1949 | May 1949 | 1 month | [1] | |
3 | Shlomo Shamir (1915–2009) | AlufMay 1949 | December 1950 | 1 year, 7 months | [1] | |
4 | Mordechai Limon (1924–2009) | Aluf14 December 1950 | 30 June 1954 | 3 years, 6 months | [1] | |
5 | Shmuel Tankus (1914–2012) | Aluf1 July 1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
6 | Yohai Ben-Nun (1924–1994) | Aluf1960 | 1966 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
7 | Shlomo Erell (1920–2018) | AlufJanuary 1966 | September 1968 | 2 years, 8 months | [1] | |
8 | Avraham Botzer (1929–2012) | AlufSeptember 1968 | 1 September 1972 | 4 years | [1] | |
9 | Benjamin Telem (1928–2008) | Aluf1 September 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
10 | Michael Barkai (1935–1999) | Aluf1976 | 10 January 1979 | 2–3 years | [1][2] | |
11 | Ze'ev Almog (born 1935) | Aluf10 January 1979 | February 1985 | 6 years | [1] | |
12 | Avraham Ben-Shoshan (born 1940) | AlufFebruary 1985 | 1989 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
13 | Micha Ram (1942–2018) | Aluf1989 | 1992 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
14 | Ami Ayalon (born 1945) | Aluf1992 | 1995 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
15 | Alex Tal (born 1946) | Aluf1995 | 1999 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
16 | Yedidya Ya'ari (born 1947) | Aluf1999 | September 2004 | 4–5 years | [1] | |
17 | David Ben-Besht (born 1950) | AlufSeptember 2004 | 2007 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
18 | Eli Marom (born 1955) | Aluf2007 | 2011 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
19 | Ram Rothberg (born 1964) | Aluf10 October 2011 | 12 September 2016 | 4 years, 11 months | [1][3] | |
20 | Eli Sharvit (born 1964) | Aluf12 September 2016 | 2 September 2021 | 4 years, 11 months | [4][5] | |
21 | David Saar Salama (born 1969) | Aluf2 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 2 months | [6] |