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Dan Biton ( he, דן ביטון, born 1961) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and the Head of the

Technological and Logistics Directorate The Israeli Technological and Logistics Directorate (acronym: Atal) is a directorate in the Israeli General Staff, General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, responsible for its logistics responses and tasks, and in particular: the building of mi ...

. Biton was drafted into the IDF in 1979. He served with the armored corps and later became a company commander in the

Kfir Brigade The 900th "Kfir" Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת כְּפִיר, ''lit.'' "Lion Cub Brigade"), is the youngest and largest infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces. It is subordinate to the 340th "Idan" Armoured Division of Israel's Central ...

and the

460th Brigade The Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel ...

. He continued his service in the latter, becoming battalion vice commander and GHQ officer. Biton served as commander of a battalion within the

500th Brigade The Israeli Armor Corps 500 Brigade, also known as the Kfir (Young Lion) Formation, was a regular-service tank brigade that existed from 1972 to 2003. It was originally composed of three battalions: the Romach (429), Se'ara (430), and Gur (433) ba ...

, was made a GHQ officer in the 36th Division and various other officer posts. Biton was appointed Head of the

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and the Sinai division, later promoted to head the Doctrine and Guidance Brigade in the General Staff. Promoted to the rank of

in 2007, he is Head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate. Biton is a graduate of the IDF's

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and the National Security College. He holds a

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in History from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

and a

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in Political Science from the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming I ...

. He is a father of four.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biton, Dan Living people Israeli generals Tel Aviv University alumni University of Haifa alumni 1961 births