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Yohanan Danino

Yohanan Danino is an Israeli police officer who served as the 17th chief of the Israel Police from 2011 to 2015.

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Born: 20 December 1959, Ashkelon
Education: Tel Aviv University, Yeshivat Or Etzion
Rank: superintendent

Yohanan Danino was born in 1959 in Ashkelon

Danino was born in Ashkelon on 20 December 1959 to a religious family with roots in Morocco. His parents, Israel and Aliza, worked in schools. He studied at the Or Etzion high school yeshiva.

He served in the IDF Paratroopers Brigade until 1982. He then studied law at Tel Aviv University and later earned a master's degree in law.

He joined the Israel Police in 1982 and worked as a police prosecutor in the Sharon area. In 1998 he became deputy commander of a new national unit against car theft, and in 2002 he took command of the Unit of International Crime Investigations. From 2006 to 2008 he headed the Investigations Department, which oversaw probes of Moshe Katzav, Ehud Olmert, Haim Ramon and Avraham Hirschson.

From December 2008 to May 2011 he led the police Southern Command. He became police chief on May 1, 2011, after a High Court petition against his appointment was rejected. As chief he split the Northern District into two districts, and he served until June 30, 2015.

He lives in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut. He is married and has 4 children.

Milestones in Yohanan Danino's life

1959
Born in Ashkelon.
1982
Left the IDF and joined the Israel Police.
1998
Became deputy commander of the national car theft unit.
2002
Took command of the Unit of International Crime Investigations.
2006
Became head of the police Investigations Department.
2008
Took command of the police Southern District.
2011
Became the 17th chief of the Israel Police.
2015
Ended his term as police chief.

Yohanan Danino served in the military

Danino served in the Paratroopers Brigade, in Battalion 890, as a platoon commander and operations officer, and was discharged in 1982 as a lieutenant. He served in the reserves as a captain until 1995.