Yeshayahu Erez

Yeshayahu Erez was born in 1939 in Tel Aviv

Yeshayahu Erez, known as Shaike, was born in Tel Aviv in 1939.

He joined the IDF in 1958 and served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade. After officers' course he led a platoon in Sayeret Shaked, and in 1963 he was assigned to rebuild Sayeret Egoz, which he commanded until June 1965. During the Six-Day War he commanded an intelligence unit in Central Command.

He later served as deputy commander of Sayeret Haruv, and in 1972 he was sent to Ethiopia as a military adviser. In 1975 he became commander of the Gaza Strip, then military governor of northern Sinai. From 1977 he commanded the Bar'am Formation, including during Operation Litani.

In the Lebanon War he was deputy to David Maimon at the liaison unit to Lebanon. In 1985 he became head of the Civil Administration in Gaza, and from October 1987 to April 1991 he headed it in Judea and Samaria.

In September 1995 he became director general of the Nature Reserves Authority. In 2002 he joined the plenum of the Nature and Parks Authority.