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Moshe Zin

Moshe Zin is a retired IDF brigadier general who commanded the Golani Brigade and later headed the Defense Ministry's social security division from 2017 to 2022.

born 1955Commanding the Golani BrigadeHeading the Command and Staff CollegeDefense Ministry social security division

Born: 3 April 1955, Herzliya
Occupation: educator, military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: 1982 Lebanon War, Yom Kippur War

Moshe Zin was born in 1955 in Herzliya

Moshe Zin was born in Herzliya on April 3, 1955. His father was born in Poland and his mother in the Land of Israel.

He holds a bachelor's degree in general history from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Zin joined the IDF in August 1973 and served in the Golani Brigade, rising to command Battalion 13 in 1982. He later led the Hermon Brigade, the Hiram Formation and, from 1990 to 1991, the Golani Brigade. As a brigadier general he commanded the Judea Division, served as deputy head of the Planning Directorate and headed the Command and Staff College from 1999 to 2001.

In 2002 he became director general of Haifa's municipal company for art, culture and sport, and later ran the Ramat Hadassah youth village. In 2010 he was appointed director general of the Safed municipality but resigned after a few months. At the Defense Ministry he headed the rehabilitation division from 2011 and the social security division from 2017 until October 2022.

He is married to Idit, and they have two daughters and a son.

Moshe Zin's life in 8 milestones

1973
Joined the IDF and the Golani Brigade.
1982
Became commander of Golani's Battalion 13.
1986
Appointed commander of the Hermon Brigade.
1990
Appointed commander of the Golani Brigade.
1995
Promoted to brigadier general and given command of the Judea Division.
1999
Became head of the Command and Staff College.
2011
Appointed head of the Defense Ministry's rehabilitation division.
2017
Appointed head of the Defense Ministry's social security division.

Moshe Zin served in Golani Brigade

Zin served in the IDF from 1973 to 2001, mainly in the Golani Brigade, which he commanded from 1990 to 1991, and fought in Operation Peace for Galilee. He retired as a brigadier general after commanding the Judea Division and the Command and Staff College.

Golani Brigade