Uzi Keren

Uzi Keren was born in 1940 in Ramat HaShofet

Uzi Keren was born in February 1940 at Kibbutz Ramat HaShofet, the son of Gavriel and Shoshana Keren. In 1962 he moved to Kibbutz Ein Gev after marrying Yael, who was from there. They had 4 children, and their son Gil was killed in a road accident in Bolivia in 1992.

He studied at the management center of Tel Aviv University and graduated in 1972. He completed the National Security College in 1985 and studied financial management at Ruppin in 1988.

He served as an armored officer and fought in Israel's wars from the late 1950s to the late 1980s. He founded Brigade 847 in 1979 and led it in the First Lebanon War. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1985 and commanded the Lahav formation.

He held management roles at his kibbutz and was CEO of the date cooperative HaDeklaim from 1990 to 1995. From 1991 he was active in the campaign against giving up the Golan Heights and was the first CEO of The Third Way. From 2001 he advised Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert on settlement.

He returned to Ein Gev in 2010 and ran its tourism businesses until 2014. In 2016 he served as head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council during a transition period.