Yossi Cohen

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Yossi Cohen
יוסי כהן
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Yossi Cohen, September 2015
9th National Security Advisor (Israel)
Assumed office
August 2013
Preceded by Yaakov Amidror
Director of the Mossad
Assumed office
January 2016
Preceded by Tamir Pardo
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli–Palestinian Negotiations Frank Lowenstein and Israeli National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen, on November 11, 2015, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Yossi Cohen (Hebrew: יוסי כהן‎; born 1961[1]) is the current Director of the Mossad.

Biography

Cohen was born in Jerusalem to a religious family and grew up in the Katamon neighborhood. His father, Leo, was a seventh-generation Israeli and Irgun veteran.[2] He worked at Bank Mizrahi, reaching a senior position there. His mother was a teacher.[3]

Cohen is a 30-year-veteran of the Mossad. He ran agents in a number of countries over his career, and led the Mossad's collections division ("Tsomet").[4] From 2011 to 2013, he was the deputy director, serving under Tamir Pardo. He was known publicly as "Y" (Hebrew: "י") in this post.[5] Cohen won the prestigious Israel Security Prize for his Mossad work.[6]

Intelligence reporter Ronen Bergman has written that Cohen has a reputation as a tough boss, that he speaks perfect English, and is a marathon runner.[7] He also speaks fluent Arabic.[8]

In August 2013 he was appointed the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel. In December 2015, Cohen was appointed to succeed Tamir Pardo as director of Mossad.[9][10] and assumed office in January 2016.

Cohen has four children.[6] One of his sons, Yonatan, is a former officer in Unit 8200 and has cerebral palsy.[11]

He is nicknamed "the Model".[12]

References

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  2. ↑ Raoul Wootliff, "Netanyahu said set to tap Yossi Cohen as next Mossad chief", Times of Israel, 7 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Tom Dolev, "The next Mossad Director – Yossi Cohen", Jerusalem Online, 7 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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  12. ↑ Ben Lynfield, "Yossi Cohen: The Israeli spymaster straight out of Le Carré and Ian Fleming takes charge of Mossad", The Independent, 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.


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