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Benny Gantz

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Also known as Benjamin Gantz

Israeli military officer and politician (born 1959)

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Gender
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Origin
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Key facts

2021
Minister of Justice
President
Reuven Rivlin
Prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Yair Lapid
2020 2022
Minister of Defense
2021 2022
Deputy Prime Minister
2023 2024
Minister without portfolio
2019 2022
Blue and White
2022 2025
National Unity
2011 2015
Chief of the General Staff
Born
Benjamin Gantz , ( 1959-06-09 ) 9 June 1959 (age 66) , Kfar Ahim , Israel
Party
Blue and White (since 2018)
Spouse
Revital
Alma mater
Tel Aviv University , University of Haifa , National Defense University
Nickname
Benny
Allegiance
Israel
Branch service
Israeli Armed Forces

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Official website
kachollavan.org.il
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Israeli Minister Benny Gantz at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 5, 2024 (cropped).jpg
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Benny Gantz
date of birth
1959-06-09
name in native language
בנימין גנץ
social media followers
12200
start of work period
1977-09-19
end of work period
2015-02-16
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Encyclopedic overview

Benjamin "Benny" Gantz (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ [binjaˈmin ˈbeni ˈɡant͡s]; born 9 June 1959) 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.

He served as the 20th Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 2011 to 2015. In December 2018, he entered politics by establishing a new political party named Israel Resilience. The party later allied itself with Telem and Yesh Atid to form Blue and White (Hebrew: Kaḥol Lavan), the colours of the Israeli national flag. In 2022, Gantz became the leader of National Unity, made up of the Israel Resilience Party and New Hope.

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