Military Secretary to the Prime Minister

Military Secretary of to the Prime Minister
המזכיר הצבאי לראש הממשלה

Incumbent Aluf Avi Gil since 21 July 2021
Israeli Ground Forces
Member of	The General Staff Intelligence Community Prime minister staff
Reports to	Prime Minister
Appointer	Prime Minister by recommend of Chief of the General Staff
Formation	17 March 1948
First holder	Nehemiah Argov

The Military Secretary to the Prime Minister (Hebrew: המזכיר הצבאי של ראש הממשלה, HaMazkir HaTzva'i Shel Rosh HaMemshala), is the senior military adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel on military and national security issues. As a member of the Military Staff, the position is privy to most products of the Israeli Intelligence Community. The position's current incumbent is Major General Avi Gil.

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History

Earlier Military Secretaries held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Hebrew: סגן אלוף). In later years, Major-General's (Hebrew: אלוף) and Brigadier Generals (Hebrew: תת-אלוף) have served in the position.

Position's influence

It has been suggested that the raising of status of the Military Secretary has resulted in military considerations unduly weighing upon Israel's national security policy at the expense of other considerations. It has been additionally suggested^[by whom?] that to remedy this, the position of Military Secretary ought to be held by a lower rank. Critics of this view have suggested that the Military Secretary's influence follows that of other positions, namely, the National Security Council and the National Security Advisor.^[1]

List of Military Secretaries

Name	Tenure	Notes	Ref.
Lt. Colonel Nehemiah Argov	1948–1957	Did not serve in 1954–55^{[citation needed]}
Maj. General Chaim Ben-David	1957–1963
Brig. General Yisrael Lior	1963–1974
Brig. General Efraim Poran	1974–1981
Brig. General Azriel Nevo	1981–1993
Maj. General Danny Yatom	1993–1996
Maj. General Zeev Livne	1996–1997
Maj. General Gadi Eisenkot	1999–2001
Maj. General Moshe Kaplinsky	2001–2002
Maj. General Yoav Gallant	2002–2005
Maj. General Gadi Shamni	2005–2007
Maj. General Meir Kalifi	2007–2009
Maj. General Yohanan Locker	2010–2012		^[2]
Maj. General Eyal Zamir	2012–2015
Brigadier General Eliezer Toledano	2015–2018		^[3]
Brigadier General Avi Bluth	2018–2021		^[4]
Maj. General Avi Gil	2021–	Incumbent

References

^ Haviv Rettig Gur (6 January 2014). "Inside Israel's White House: How Netanyahu runs the country". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ IAF Brig.-Gen. Yohanan Locker announced as PM's new military secretary^{[permanent dead link]}, Jerusalem Post, 24 December 2009
^ Zeyton, Yoav (14 August 2015). "אליעזר טולדנו מונה למזכיר הצבאי של ראש הממשלה ויעלה לדרגת תת-אלוף" [Eliezer Toledano was appointed the Prime Minister's military secretary and will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ Ahronheim, Anna (17 July 2018). "Netanyahu appoints Col. Avi Blot as new military secretary". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

v t e Military Secretaries to the Prime Minister
Nehemiah Argov (1948–54; 1956–1957) Haim Ben-David (1957–1963) Yisrael Lior (1963–1974) Efraim Poran (1974–1981) Azriel Nevo (1981–1993) Danny Yatom (1993–1996) Zeev Livne (1996–1997) Gadi Eizenkot (1999–2001) Moshe Kaplinsky (2001–2002) Yoav Gallant (2002–2005) Gadi Shamni (2005–2007) Meir Kalifi (2007–2009) Yohanan Locker (2010–2012) Eyal Zamir (2012–2015) Eliezer Toledano (2015–2018) Avi Bluth (2018–2021) Avi Gil (2021–present)

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