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Ilan Harari

Ilan Harari is a retired IDF brigadier general who served as chief education officer and later as IDF ombudsman and director general of the Rosh HaAyin municipality.

born 1959IDF chief education officerCommanding the Nahal BrigadeServing as IDF ombudsman

Born: 7 January 1959, Israel
Occupation: military officer
Rank: general
Wars: South Lebanon conflict, 1982 Lebanon War

Ilan Harari was born in 1959 in Israel

Ilan Harari was born on January 7, 1959, and grew up in the Maoz Aviv neighborhood of Tel Aviv. His father, Shalom, was a Holocaust survivor and an officer in the Golani Brigade.

He joined the IDF in August 1977 and served in Golani, where he rose to command Battalion 51 in 1986. He later commanded the Ephraim, Baram and Nahal brigades, served as chief of staff of the Home Front Command and commanded the Amud HaEsh formation. He was wounded several times during his service.

His last post was chief education officer, from 2004 to 2007. In September 2006 he announced his retirement and said Israel had lost the Lebanon War, a view that Chief of Staff Dan Halutz disputed.

In April 2007 he became head of the appointed committee running Lod, serving until February 2011. He was IDF ombudsman from December 2011 to May 2019 and director general of the Rosh HaAyin municipality from May 2019 to February 2024. Since October 2024 he has headed planning at the National Fire and Rescue Authority.

He holds a master's degree in political science. He is married with 4 children and lives in Rosh HaAyin.

Ilan Harari's life in 9 milestones

1977
Enlisted in the IDF and joined the Golani Brigade.
1986
Appointed commander of Battalion 51.
1996
Appointed commander of the Nahal Brigade.
2001
Appointed commander of the Amud HaEsh formation.
2004
Became chief education officer.
2007
Became head of the appointed committee of Lod.
2011
Became IDF ombudsman.
2019
Became director general of the Rosh HaAyin municipality.
2024
Became head of planning at the National Fire and Rescue Authority.

Ilan Harari served in Nahal Brigade

Harari served in the IDF from 1977 to 2007, commanding Golani's Battalion 51 and the Nahal Brigade, and fought in Operation Litani and the First Lebanon War. He retired as a brigadier general after serving as chief education officer.

Nahal Brigade