Commanders of The Golani Brigade
| Years | Name | Events during tenure | Rank released |
|---|---|---|---|
| February–May 1948 | Moshe Mann | Battles of the Kinarot Valley | Lieutenant Colonel |
| May–July 1948 | Mishael Shaham | Battle of Jenin | Colonel |
| 1948–1950 | Nahum Golan (Spiegel) | Operation Hiram, Operation Uvda | Brigadier General |
| 1950 | Dan Laner | Major General | |
| 1950–1951 | Avraham Yoffe | Major General | |
| 1951–1952 | Meir Amit (Slutzky) | Major General | |
| 1952–1954 | Asaf Simhoni | Major General | |
| 1954–1955 | Issachar Shadmi | Brigadier General | |
| 1955–1956 | Haim Ben David | Major General | |
| 1956–1957 | Binyamin Gibli | Suez Crisis | Colonel |
| 1957–1958 | Aharon Doron | Major General | |
| 1958–1960 | Elad Peled | Major General | |
| 1960–1961 | Aharon Yariv (Rabinovich) | Major General | |
| 1961–1963 | Mordechai Gur | Lieutenant General | |
| 1963–1965 | Uri Bar Ratzon | Colonel | |
| 1965–1966 | Shlomo Alton | Colonel (KIA) | |
| 1966–1968 | Yona Efrat | Six-Day War | Major General |
| 1968–1970 | Yekutiel Adam | Major General (KIA) | |
| 1970–1972 | Yehuda Golan | Brigadier General | |
| 1972–1974 | Amir Drori | Yom Kippur War | Major General |
| 1974–1975 | Uri Simhoni | War of attrition with Syria | Major General |
| 1975–1976 | Haim Binyamini | Brigadier General | |
| 1976–1977 | Uri Saguy (Eisenberg) | Major General | |
| 1977–1978 | Amir Reuveni | Operation Litani | Brigadier General |
| 1978–1980 | David Katz | Brigadier General | |
| 1980–1981 | Ilan Biran | Major General | |
| 1981–1982 | Erwin Lavi | First Lebanon War | Brigadier General |
| 1982–1984 | Immanuel Hert | Brigadier General | |
| 1984–1986 | Tzvi Poleg (Farkash) | Brigadier General | |
| 1986–1987 | Gabi Ofir | Major General | |
| 1987–1988 | Gabi Ashkenazi | Lieutenant General | |
| 1988–1990 | Baruch Spiegel | Brigadier General | |
| 1990–1991 | Moshe Tzin | Brigadier General | |
| 1991–1993 | Yair Naveh | Major General | |
| 1993–1995 | Moshe Kaplinsky | Major General | |
| 1995–1997 | Erez Gerstein | Brigadier General (KIA) | |
| 1997–1999 | Gadi Eizenkot | Major General * | |
| 1999–2001 | Shmuel Zakai | Brigadier General | |
| 2001–2003 | Moshe Tamir | Operation Defensive Shield | Brigadier General |
| 2003–2005 | Erez Tzukerman | Brigadier General | |
| 2005–2008 | Tamir Yed'i | Second Lebanon War | Brigadier General * |
| 2008–2010 | Avi Peled | Operation Cast Lead | Colonel * |
| 2010–2012 | Ofek Bukhris | Colonel * | |
| 2012– | Yaniv Asor | Colonel ** | |
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