Shaul Chorev

Shaul Chorev was born in 1947 in Jerusalem

Shaul Chorev was born in Jerusalem in 1947. His mother Sarah came from a Jerusalem family of Persian origin, and his father Avraham immigrated from Germany in 1935. The family moved to a moshav in the Hefer Valley, and at 14 he began studying at the naval officers school in Acre.

He joined the naval officers course in 1965. He commanded the landing ship INS Bat Sheva and later the missile boats INS Sufa and INS Tarshish. In 1980 he became commander of the submarine flotilla, and from 1985 to 1987 he commanded the missile boat flotilla.

After his release he worked at the Atomic Energy Commission and at the Ministry of Defense. In 2007 he became head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and served until June 2015. He earned a doctorate from Bar-Ilan University.

From 2016 to 2023 he directed the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center at the University of Haifa. His 2021 book on maritime strategy won the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize in 2022. In 2024 he left the university and continued his research as head of the Institute for Maritime Policy and Strategy.

He is married to Rachel, and they live in Moshav Beit Yitzhak. They have 2 daughters and grandchildren.