Chaim Erez

Chaim Erez was born in 1935 in Warsaw

Chaim Erez was born in Warsaw in 1935 as Henik Rosenberg, to a large Jewish family. During World War II his family fled east, his father disappeared, and he and his mother reached Bukhara. In 1943 he came to the Land of Israel with the Tehran Children and grew up in Nahalal, where his mother found him in 1948.

He studied for a year at the London School of Economics. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Tel Aviv University and a master's degree in political science from the University of Haifa.

Erez joined the IDF in 1954 and served in the Golani Brigade before moving to the Armored Corps in 1959. He fought in the Sinai War, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. In 1982 he became a major general and head of Southern Command, and from late 1983 to 1986 he headed the logistics directorate.

From 1988 to 1995 he was CEO of Israel Chemicals. He later ran a private consulting firm, served on several company boards and chaired the Yad LaShiryon association. He has 2 sons and 4 grandchildren.