Aluf Ehud "Udi" Adam ( he, אהוד "אודי" אדם; born 22 January 1958) is a former
general
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in the
Israel Defense Forces and the former head of the
Israeli Northern Command.
Biography
Adam was born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
to a
Mountain Jewish family. His father was General
Yekutiel Adam, former Deputy Chief of Staff of the
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who was killed during the
Lebanon War on June 10, 1982. Adam graduated from
Herzliya Hebrew High School
The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium ( he, הַגִּימְנַסְיָה הָעִבְרִית הֶרְצְלִיָּה, ''HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzliya'', Also known as ''Gymnasia Herzliya''), originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit (lit. Hebrew High Scho ...
, and was conscripted into the IDF in 1976.
Adam began his military service with the Israeli
Armored Corps. Before becoming the Aluf in charge of the Northern Command in 2005, he was the Director of the
Israeli Technological and Logistics Directorate. As head of the Northern Command, Adam led and coordinated Israeli forces against
Hezbollah
Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's paramil ...
during the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. On August 8, 2006, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff
Moshe Kaplinsky was surprisingly appointed to the Northern Command as a special representative of the
Chief of Staff in response to criticism by the government over the Command's handling of the conflict. Adam announced his resignation on September 13, amid continuing criticism of the war's conduct.
Adam has a
BA in psychology and sociology from
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic ...
, and an
MA in strategic studies from the
École Militaire staff college in
Paris
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. He lives in
Yavne
Yavne ( he, יַבְנֶה) or Yavneh is a city in the Central District of Israel. In many English translations of the Bible, it is known as Jabneh . During Greco-Roman times, it was known as Jamnia ( grc, Ἰαμνία ''Iamníā''; la, Iamnia) ...
, and is married with three children.
Adam served as Director General of the
Israeli Ministry of Defense between May 2016 and May 2020.
Notes
References
"New Commander for the Northern Command: Major General Udi Adam" from IDF Official Website
External links
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Video of Adam's appointment .wmv
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Living people
People from Tel Aviv
Israeli Jews
Israeli generals
Israeli people of Mountain Jewish descent
1958 births