Yuval Zur

Yuval Zur was born in 1959 in Haifa

Yuval Zur was born in Haifa in 1959. He studied electronics at the Bosmat school and was a member of the Haifa Sea Scouts as a youth. His brother is the writer Yigal Zur.

He joined the IDF in 1977 and trained as an engineering officer in the naval officers course. He served on missile boats and commanded the missile boat INS Misgav. From 1986 he trained to command submarines in England, the United States and South Africa.

He commanded the submarines INS Gal and INS Rahav, and in 1996 became the first commander of INS Dolphin. He led the submarine flotilla from 1998 to 2001 and the Haifa base from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2007, including the Second Lebanon War, he was chief of staff at Navy headquarters.

After leaving the IDF, he served from 2008 to 2011 as deputy for planning, strategy and operations at the Atomic Energy Commission. In 2012 he founded the firm Tzur-Yam Consultants and the Chair for Maritime Strategy at the University of Haifa. He holds degrees from the University of Haifa and studied at the National Security College.