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Yossi Peled

Yossi Peled is an Israeli general and politician who headed the IDF Northern Command from 1986 to 1991 and later served as a Likud Knesset member and minister.

born 1941Head of the Northern CommandArmored commander in Yom Kippur WarLikud minister without portfolio

Born: 18 January 1941, Antwerp
Occupation: politician, military officer
Party: Likud
Education: Tel Aviv University
Rank: general
Wars: Yom Kippur War, Six-Day War, War of Attrition, 1982 Lebanon War

Yossi Peled was born in 1941 in Antwerp

Peled was born Jozef Mendelevich on 18 January 1941. During World War II he was placed with a Catholic family in Antwerp. His father was killed in Auschwitz, and after the war he reached Israel with help from the Jewish Brigade and settled in kibbutz Negba.

He earned a BA in history from Tel Aviv University.

Peled joined the IDF in 1959 and served for 30 years, mostly in armored units. He commanded forces in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War and the First Lebanon War. His last post was head of the Northern Command.

After leaving the army he led companies and public bodies, including the Second Broadcasting Authority in 1993. He headed government committees on communications policy, the October 2000 soldier kidnapping and the 2006 Beit Yehoshua train accident.

He entered the Knesset with Likud in 2009 and became a minister without portfolio. He resigned from the Knesset on 16 September 2012. From 2012 to 2016 he chaired the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company.

Yossi Peled's life in 8 milestones

1941
Born in Belgium as Jozef Mendelevich.
1949
Settled in kibbutz Negba.
1959
Joined the IDF.
1978
Took command of the 252nd Division in Sinai.
1986
Became head of the Northern Command.
1993
Headed the Second Broadcasting Authority.
2009
Entered the Knesset for Likud.
2012
Resigned from the Knesset.

Yossi Peled served in Armored Corps

Peled served in the IDF Armored Corps from 1959, commanding the reservist 205th Armored Brigade in the Yom Kippur War and Yossi's Force in the First Lebanon War. He headed the Northern Command as Aluf from 1986 to 1991.

Armored Corps

Likud