Uzi Dayan

Uzi Dayan was born in 1948 in Afula

Uzi Dayan was born in Afula in 1948. His father, Zorik, was killed that year in the Battle of Ramat Yohanan. His mother remarried Moshe Rabinovitch, and he grew up in HaYogev. He is a nephew of Moshe Dayan and a grandson of Shmuel Dayan.

He went to high school at the Ninat Ha'emek youth village. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master's degree in operations research at Stanford University.

He joined the army in 1966 and served in Sayeret Matkal, later commanding the unit. He moved to the Armored Corps and rose to head Central Command and serve as Deputy Chief of Staff. He then headed the National Security Council until 2002.

He founded the Tafnit party, which ran in the 2006 elections but did not enter the Knesset. In 2008 Tafnit merged with Likud. He was elected to the Knesset for Likud in 2019 and again in 2020.

He is married to Professor Tamar Dayan, and they have three children. They live in Kokhav Ya'ir. He also founded the Israel Security Council in 2010 and the Bithonistim group in 2015.