Meir Klifi

Meir Klifi was born in 1959

Meir Klifi-Amir was born on April 30, 1959. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Haifa and is a graduate of the National Security College.

He joined the IDF in 1977 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade, where he rose from soldier to commander of Battalion 202. He fought as a company commander in the First Lebanon War. He later commanded the Judea Brigade, the Givati Brigade, the Sinai Division and the Galilee Division.

In 2006 he became a major general and deputy commander of the Ground Forces. In 2007 he was appointed military secretary to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and he later held the same post under Benjamin Netanyahu. He left the IDF in 2010.

From 2014 to 2020 he was CEO of the Friends of the IDF in the United States and Panama. Since June 2023 he has been president of the media company NEWSRAEL. In October 2023 he was appointed to set up and head the directorate supporting families of hostages and missing persons in the Prime Minister's Office.

He lives in Caesarea with his wife, reserve Brigadier General Gila Klifi-Amir. They have 3 children.