Orly Markman

Orly Markman was born in 1969 in Israel

Orly Markman was born in Israel in 1969. She grew up in Neighborhood B in Be'er Sheva and finished Comprehensive High School D in the city.

She joined the IDF through the academic reserve program and earned a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1991. She qualified as a lawyer in 1993 after an internship in the military prosecution. In 1999 she received a master's degree in law with distinction from Tel Aviv University.

She worked as a military prosecutor in the Gaza Strip, as a defense lawyer for the Air Force and Navy, and in senior staff roles. In 2000 she became a judge in the Southern Command district military court, and later headed several military courts. She presided over trials including that of two Givati soldiers over the use of a Palestinian child in a "neighbor procedure" during Operation Cast Lead, and the case of Brigadier General Ofek Buchris.

In February 2022 she was promoted to Aluf and named President of the Military Court of Appeals. She is the third woman in IDF history to hold this rank. She is married to attorney Gilad Markman, has 4 children and lives in Rehovot.