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Benny Gantz Biography

Benny Gantz is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 9, 1959 in Kfar Ahim, Southern District, Israel.

Benjamin Gantz (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין “בֵּנִי” גַּנְץ ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli soldier and politician who currently serves as the Alternate Prime Minister of Israel and as Minister of Defense. He served as the 20th Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 2011 to 2015. He was elected Knesset speaker on 26 March 2020. , which he resigned from on 12 May 2020 (though his resignation was rescinded). He re-submitted his resignation on 15 May 2020. On 20 April 2020, Gantz agreed to join a unity government with Prime Minister Netanyahu which would see Gantz serve as prime minister in a rotation deal in 18 months. Gantz is scheduled to become prime minister on 17 November 2021.

Gantz was drafted into the IDF in 1977. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. His first mission as a young conscript in 1977 was as part of the security detail for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s visit to Israel. As a paratrooper, he fought in Operation Litani in March 1978 and also participated in a June 1978 raid against a Fatah training base in Lebanon. In 1979, Gantz became an officer after completing Officer Candidate School. He returned to the Paratroopers Brigade and served as a platoon leader and company commander, completed a course in the U.S. Army Special Forces, and fought in the First Lebanon War.

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In the course of his military career, Gantz served as Commander of the Shaldag Unit in the Israeli Air Force; Commander of the 35th Paratroopers Brigade; Commander of the Reserves Division in the Northern Command; Commander of the Lebanon Liaison Unit; Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division in 2000, before becoming the Commander of the Israeli Northern Command in 2001; and as Israel’s military attaché in the United States from 2005 until 2009, before becoming the Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

Benny Gantz Net Worth

Benny Gantz is one of the richest Politician from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benny Gantz's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Benjamin Gantz was born in Kfar Ahim, Israel, in 1959. His mother Malka was a Holocaust survivor, originally from Mezőkovácsháza, Hungary. His father Nahum came from Sovata, Székely Land, Romania, and was arrested by the British authorities for trying to enter Palestine illegally, before reaching Israel. His parents were among the founders of Moshav Kfar Ahim, a cooperative agricultural community in south-central Israel. In his youth, he attended the Shafir High School in Merkaz Shapira, and boarding school at the HaKfar HaYarok youth village in Ramat HaSharon.

In March 2010, the Israeli daily Israel Hayom reported that Gantz had illegally extended the perimeter of his yard by several feet to encompass a small plot of land designated as public property. Gantz admitted to the facts but claimed that the land in question was not, and could not be, accessible for use by the public. Two months later, the deck he built was removed. In February 2011, following the government decision to promote Gantz to Chief of the General Staff, Attorney Avi’ad Vissuli of the Forum for the Land of Israel unsuccessfully petitioned to revoke the appointment.

Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz trains with soldiers at a Paratrooper Exercise, 18 May 2011

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Later on, he led 890 “Efe” (Echis) paratroop battalion in counter-guerrilla operations in the South Lebanon security zone. In 1991, he commanded the commando unit that was on the ground in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for 36 hours, securing the Operation Solomon airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. He served in senior command positions during the Second Intifada and Second Lebanon War.

On 14 February 2011, Gantz returned to the IDF and assumed command as the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He served for the required three years and was nominated for a fourth year, which he agreed to fulfill, followed by retirement.

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In his first year as Chief of the General Staff, Gantz appointed the IDF’s first-ever female major-general, Orna Barbivai. In July 2011, Gantz appointed a special committee to address a controversy that had developed concerning mention of the word Elohim, “God”, in the military Yizkor prayer. The committee determined that a disputed passage should read Yizkor ‘Am Yisrael, “May the Nation of Israel remember”, and not Yizkor Elohim, “May God remember”. Gantz upheld the committee’s ruling.

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Benny Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Benny Gantz celebrates birthday on June 9 of every year.

On 13 February 2011, the Israeli government unanimously approved Gantz to be the next IDF chief of staff. According to The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem that Gantz was an “excellent officer and experienced commander, and had rich operational and logistical experience, with all the attributes needed to be a successful army commander”.

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