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Ilan Mizrahi

Ilan Mizrahi is a former Mossad official who served as deputy director of the Mossad and later as Israel's National Security Advisor.

born 1947Deputy director of the MossadHead of the National Security CouncilHeading the Mossad's Tzomet division

Occupation: civil servant
Education: University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University

Ilan Mizrahi was born in 1947

Ilan Mizrahi was born in 1947. He served in the IDF as a squad commander in the pilots' course.

After his army service he studied Middle East studies at Tel Aviv University. He later earned a graduate degree in political science at the University of Haifa. He speaks Arabic and is considered an Orientalist.

He joined the Mossad in 1972 and began as an intelligence collection officer. He headed the research division and later the Tzomet division, which runs agents. He then became deputy to Mossad chief Efraim Halevy and left the agency in 2003, after Meir Dagan was chosen as Halevy's successor.

After leaving the Mossad he worked as a consultant in high tech and security. In 2006 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appointed him head of the National Security Council, replacing Giora Eiland. He resigned in 2007.