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Moshe Ya'alon

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Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (Hebrew: משה יעלון; born Moshe Smilansky; 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016. Ya'alon ran for Knesset in 2019 as the number three member of the Blue and White party, a joint list created by the merging of the Israel Resilience Party, led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, and Yesh Atid, led by Yair Lapid. Ya'alon briefly served as the number 2 on the Yesh Atid-Telem list that was created following the 2020 Israeli legislative election. Ya'alon retired from politics in the lead up to the 2021 election after testing the waters by splitting his Telem party from Yesh Atid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moshe Ya'alon is the 7,755th most popular politician (down from 6,041st in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Israel (down from 154th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Israeli Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Moshe Ya'alon ranks 7,755 out of 19,576. Before him are Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Demades, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Minh Mạng, and Theopompus of Sparta. After him are Abbas El Fassi, Yael Dayan, László Bárdossy, Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, and Henk Sneevliet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Moshe Ya'alon ranks 137. Before him are Mory Kanté, Ali Zeidan, Michel Lotito, Alexander Lebed, Tim Keller, and Joe Perry. After him are Alberto Juantorena, Scooter Libby, Kazuhisa Kono, Julius Erving, Nancy Allen, and Ernesto Samper.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Moshe Ya'alon ranks 164 out of 466. Before him are Dirk III, Count of Holland (982), Benny Gantz (1959), Peter I, Count of Alençon (1251), Rafi Eitan (1926), Naji al-Ali (1937), and Haya Harareet (1931). After him are Yael Dayan (1939), Hugh I of Cyprus (1194), Ibzan (null), Avram Grant (1955), Yaacov Agam (1928), and Ivry Gitlis (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Moshe Ya'alon ranks 66. Before him are Naftali Bennett (1972), Lusius Quietus (100), Dirk III, Count of Holland (982), Benny Gantz (1959), Peter I, Count of Alençon (1251), and Rafi Eitan (1926). After him are Yael Dayan (1939), Hugh I of Cyprus (1194), Ibzan (null), Ron Huldai (1944), Ahmed Jibril (1938), and Dalia Itzik (1952).

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