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Benny Gantz
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Israeli military officer and politician (born 1959)
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Benny Gantz is an Israeli male politician and former military personnel. Born in 1959 in Kfar Ahim, he holds citizenship in Israel and resides in Yad Mordechai. His military career began in 1977 and concluded in 2015, during which he served as Chief of the General Staff. He participated in the 1982 Lebanon War and the South Lebanon conflict. Gantz has also held the positions of Knesset member, Speaker of the Knesset, and Minister of Defense of Israel.
He is a member of the Blue and White Israel Resilience Party. Gantz was educated at Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, and the National Defense University, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees. His native name is בנימין גנץ.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Istanbul
Discography
- No Love EP2011
- Indifferent / Small2012
- Cave Dance EP2012
- No Faith / Catalyst2012
- Enso / Siyam2013
- Karma Lies2013
- Stayer / Lyrical Trick2013
- Firepusher EP2014
- Witch Blues EP2015
- Volume One2015
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
- Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges
· 2009 · cited 3,008x
- Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity
· 2017 · cited 2,955x
- Pembrolizumab in Microsatellite-Instability–High Advanced Colorectal Cancer
· 2020 · cited 2,752x
- Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers
· 2012 · cited 2,283x
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Quotes
- “We will increase our vigilance and readiness to thwart terror ... and will continue to take any measures necessary in facing terror groups in the area.”
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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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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benny Gantz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.