Amiram Levin

Amiram Levin was born in 1946 in Lahavot HaBashan

Amiram Levin was born on 7 July 1946 and grew up on Kibbutz Lahavot HaBashan. His father was the educator Gideon Levin.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and management from the University of Haifa. He received a master's degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and studied at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.

He joined the IDF in 1965 and served for years in Sayeret Matkal, taking part in raids and hostage rescues and commanding the unit until 1978. He later moved to the Armored Corps, led Battalion 74 in the First Lebanon War and was badly wounded. He commanded the Northern Command from 1994 to 1998.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then appointed him deputy head of the Mossad, a post he left after a rivalry with Mossad chief Efraim Halevy. He chaired the National Roads Company of Israel until 2006 and later invested in technology firms, including NextVision, which he helped found.

In 2017 he ran for the Labor Party leadership but withdrew and backed Avi Gabbay, and he left the party in January 2019. In 2023 he spoke at protests against the judicial reform. He is married with 3 children and lives in Caesarea.