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Munir Amar

Munir Amar was an Israeli Druze IDF officer with the rank of brigadier general who served as head of the Civil Administration.

1968 to 2016Head of the Civil AdministrationCommanding the Hermon BrigadeCommanding the Herev Battalion

Died: 25 March 2016, Naẖal Ẕalmon
Occupation: military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: 2006 Lebanon War

Munir Amar was born in 1968 in Julis

Munir Amar was born in 1968 and grew up in Julis, in a Druze family. He went to the Yarka comprehensive high school.

He held a bachelor's degree in Land of Israel studies and a master's degree in political science from the University of Haifa. In 2012 he began studies at the National Security College.

Amar started his service as a soldier in the Herev Battalion and commanded it from 2004 to 2006. He later served as deputy commander of the Samaria Brigade and operations officer of Northern Command. He commanded the Hermon Brigade from 2009 to 2012 and the Haifa District of the Home Front Command from 2013 to 2015.

In February 2016 he was appointed head of the Civil Administration in the West Bank. On March 25, 2016, he was killed when the light plane he was flying crashed in the Upper Galilee. He was buried in Julis and left a wife and 3 children.

Milestones in Munir Amar's life

1968
Born in Julis.
2004
Took command of the Herev Battalion.
2009
Appointed commander of the Hermon Brigade.
2012
Began studies at the National Security College.
2013
Appointed commander of the Home Front Command's Haifa District.
2016
Appointed head of the Civil Administration.
2016
Killed in a light plane crash in the Upper Galilee.

Munir Amar served in the military

Amar rose from a soldier in the Herev Battalion to brigadier general, commanding the battalion, the Hermon Brigade and the Home Front Command's Haifa District. In the Second Lebanon War he was operations officer of the Galilee Division.