Ram Ben-Barak

Ram Ben-Barak
רם בן ברק
Ram Ben-Barak, February 2018
Deputy head of the Mossad
In office
2009–2011

Ram (Rami) Ben-Barak (born 1958) is a former member of the Israeli security forces and an Israeli politician. He served as deputy director of the Mossad and director general of the Ministry of Intelligence Services and the Ministry of Strategic Affairs.

Early life

Barak was born and raised in Nahalal. In 1976 he joined the IDF and served as a combat soldier and as an officer in the Sayeret Matkal commando unit. In his last position he served as commander of the Counter-Terrorism Division until his release in 1981.

Career

In 1984 he joined the "Mossad". In April 1991, 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 2009 to 2011 he served as deputy head of the Mossad. 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.

On January 15, 2018, he announced his joining the Yesh Atid Party.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-deputy Mossad chief joins centrist Yesh Atid party". The Times of Israel. 15 January 2018.
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