Yoram Laredo

Yoram Laredo was born in 1968 in Dimona

Yoram Laredo was born in 1968 in Dimona to parents who immigrated from Morocco. He is the nephew of local council head Armon Laredo. He was a group leader in the Hebrew Scouts and joined a Nahal group at Kibbutz Telalim.

He joined the IDF in 1987 and served in the Nahal Brigade's Battalion 932, rising from platoon commander to deputy battalion commander and fighting in southern Lebanon. In 1998 he became a lieutenant colonel and set up the Nahshon Battalion, leading it until 2000. He later served as deputy Nahal Brigade commander, a battalion commander at Officers School and operations officer of the Gaza Division.

As a colonel he was deputy commander of the Edom Formation and of the Tze'elim training base. He commanded the Home Front Command's Central District from 2009 to 2012 and founded the Rescue Brigade in 2013. In 2015 he led an IDF aid mission to Nepal after the earthquake, and in 2016 he became chief of staff of the Home Front Command.

From October 2020 to April 2025 he headed the National Emergency Management Authority. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master's in public policy from Tel Aviv University. He lives in Modiin, is married and has 3 daughters.