Lt. General Shaul Mofaz (Hebrew: שאול מופז, born 4 November 1948) is a prominent Israeli politician and the Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset. He served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio from May to July 2012.
He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit.
Mofaz became the 16th IDF's Chief of the General Staff, and served as Israel's Minister of Defense, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety. He is the current Chairman of the Kadima Party, which is the largest party by seats in the current Knesset.
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