Back مئير داغان Arabic مئير داجان ARZ Меир Даган Bulgarian Me'ir Dagan Czech Meir Dagan German Meir Dagan Spanish مئیر داگان Persian Meïr Dagan French מאיר דגן HE Meir Dagan ID
Meir Dagan | |
|---|---|
| מאיר דגן | |
 Dagan in 2011 | |
| Director of the Mossad | |
| In office 2002–2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Ariel Sharon Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Preceded by | Efraim Halevy |
| Succeeded by | Tamir Pardo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Meir Hubermann 30 January 1945 Kherson, USSR (present-day Ukraine) |
| Died | 17 March 2016 (aged 71) |
| Awards | Medal of Courage |
| Nickname | King of Shadows[1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Israel |
| Branch/service | Israel Defense Forces |
| Years of service | 1963–1996 |
| Rank | Aluf |
| Battles/wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War 1982 Lebanon War |
Aluf Meir Dagan (Hebrew: מאיר דגן; 30 January 1945 – 17 March 2016) was an Israel Defense Forces Major General (reserve) and Director of the Mossad.[2]
- ^ Bar-Zohar, Michael; Mishal, Nissim (2012) [2010]. "One". Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service (Book) (Paperback) (First ed.). HarperCollins (published November 2012). p. 11. ISBN 9780062123442.
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