Amir Cohen

Amir Cohen was born in 1970 in Tiberias

Amir Cohen was born in 1970 and grew up in the Shikun Dalet neighborhood of Tiberias. He holds a bachelor's degree in social sciences and a master's degree in business administration, and graduated from the National Security College.

He began mandatory service in the Border Police in 1988. He commanded the Alon unit in the northern Border Police, where he led an operation that exposed the terror cell behind the murder of Oleg Shaikhet. He later commanded a Border Police company in Judea and Samaria, a battalion around Jerusalem, and served as deputy commander of the northern Border Police and as its operations officer.

In 2015 he became commander of the Ben Gurion Airport region, and in 2018 deputy head of the Training Department. In February 2021 he was appointed Border Police commander with the rank of Nitzav. In 2023 he became commander of the Southern District and moved to Sderot.

On October 7, 2023, he declared the police code for a terrorist infiltration at 6:41. He commanded and fought in the battle for the Sderot police station, where he was wounded, then went to the hostage incident in Ofakim. He was chosen as a torchbearer on Independence Day in 2024.

In November 2025 it was decided he would command the Central District. He announced his retirement in October 2026.