Rami Cohen

Rami Cohen was born in 1950

Rami Cohen was born in 1950 in Holon. During his military service he earned a bachelor's degree in general history from Tel Aviv University and a master's degree in military studies from the war college in Paris.

He served 24 years in the IDF, mostly in the Israeli Air Force. He commanded Unit 155, was operations officer of Sayeret Matkal, led an operational squadron and commanded Unit 669 from 1981 to 1983. He later headed Wing 2 and retired in 1992 as a colonel.

He ran unsuccessfully for the 15th Knesset on the Israel Our Home list. He worked in investment management, served as a director in companies of the Peled-Givoni group and in 2001 became acting CEO of the National Coal Supply Company. From 2004 to 2013 he was a strategic consultant to government ministries and large companies.

In 2013 he became director general of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. He was arrested in 2014 in the Israel Our Home corruption investigation and resigned in February 2015. In 2021 he was convicted of bribery and other offenses and sentenced to 30 months in prison, which the Supreme Court cut to 18 months.