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Ori Disatnik

Ori Disatnik is an Israeli Navy colonel in the reserves who commanded the submarine flotilla and later headed the Binyamina-Giv'at Ada local council.

born 1958Commanding the submarine flotillaHeading Binyamina-Giv'at Ada local councilCEO of Sde Boker Midrasha

Occupation: military officer, politician, chief executive officer
Rank: aluf mishne
Wars: 1982 Lebanon War

Ori Disatnik was born in 1958 in Binyamina

Ori Disatnik was born in 1958 in Binyamina, the eldest child of Tamar and Haim and a third generation descendant of the town's early settlers. His grandparents helped found the Givat HaPoel and Yaakov neighborhoods. He is married with 4 children.

He earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1993 and an MBA in 1999, both from the University of Haifa. He received a law degree from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in 2005 and a master's in law from the University of Haifa in 2014. He is a lawyer.

He joined the army in 1976 and served mostly in the Navy, commanding missile boats and then the submarines Rahav and Tanin. He led the Navy's officers' school and commanded the submarine flotilla from 1995 to 1998. In 2001 he took command of the IDF foreign relations division.

After leaving the army he joined the management of a high tech company. He served as head of the Binyamina-Giv'at Ada local council and chaired the Sharon Carmel environmental cities association. He was also CEO of the Sde Boker Midrasha in the Negev.

Ori Disatnik's life in 8 milestones

1958
Born in Binyamina.
1976
Joined the army.
1984
Took command of the missile boat INS Saar.
1987
Took command of the submarine INS Rahav.
1995
Appointed commander of the submarine flotilla and promoted to colonel.
1998
Became head of a planning and organization department at Navy headquarters.
2001
Took command of the IDF foreign relations division.
2005
Earned a law degree from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Ori Disatnik served in Submarine Flotilla and Naval Officers Course

He served in the Navy from 1976, commanding missile boats and submarines, and fought in the First Lebanon War aboard INS Eilat. He commanded the submarine flotilla from 1995 to 1998 as a colonel and later headed the IDF foreign relations division.

Submarine Flotilla Naval Officers Course