Dror Aloni

Dror Aloni was born in 1953 in Kfar Saba

Dror Aloni was born in 1953 in Kfar Saba and grew up in Kfar Shmaryahu. His parents were Reuven and Shulamit Aloni. His brothers are Professor Nimrod Aloni and director Udi Aloni.

He graduated from the naval officers school in Acre and sailed as a cadet on merchant ships before joining the army. He later earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Bar-Ilan University and a master's degree in strategy and national security from the University of Haifa. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College.

He completed the navy's naval officers course with distinction in June 1973 and served in the Israeli Navy for many years. He fought in the Battle of Damietta in the Yom Kippur War and later commanded missile boats and Flotilla 32. He retired from career service as a colonel.

After leaving the army he worked as a manager at a computer company. He was principal of the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium from 1998 to 2001, and in 2008 he co-founded the Havruta school at Ruppin. He headed the Kfar Shmaryahu local council from 2005 to 2018.

A council comptroller's report criticized his budget planning. In 2019 a court dismissed his libel suit against journalist Zvi Eyal after the paper agreed to publish a clarification. In April 2020 he became director general of the Sde Boker Midrasha in the Negev.