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Ram Ben-Barak
Israeli politician
Ram Ben-Barak (Hebrew: רָם בֶּן־בָּרָק, born 1 April )[1] is an Israeli politician and former member of the Israeli security forces. He served as deputy director of the Mossad and director general of the Ministry of Intelligence Services and the Ministry of Strategic Affairs.[1]
He has served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid since April
Early life
Barak was born and raised in Nahalal,[1] Israel, to a Jewish family. In he joined the IDF and served as a combat soldier and as an officer in the Sayeret Matkalcommando unit.[1] In his last position he served as commander of the Counter Terrorism Division until his release in
Career
In he joined Mossad.[1] In April , he was arrested in Cyprus along with three other agents of the Mossad, posing as tourists during the operation to install listening devices at the Iranian embassy in Nicosia. They were convicted of trespassing, fined and returned to Israel. From to he served as deputy head of the Mossad.[1] He was loaned to the IDF and served as coordinator of special operations.
He served as an advisor to the Israeli Embassy in Washington and a visiting research fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
From November until he entered Israeli politics in April , he was a member of the advisory board of Shibumi, an international business intelligence firm that was founded by veterans from Israel's intelligence community.[2]
Additionally, from January served as the chairman of the board at "Eye-Minders".[3]
On 15 January , he announced he was joining the Yesh Atid party[4] and became a member of the Knesset in April
In October , Ben-Barak announced that he would run in Yesh Atid's first leadership primary election, challenging incumbent leader Yair Lapid;[5] on 28 March , however, Ben-Barak lost the election to Lapid by votes to [6]
Personal life
Ben-Barak studied at the National Defense College and political science at the University of Haifa, where he obtained an MA in government and national security.[4] He is married with three children and lives in Nahalal.