Personnel Directorate

<h2 id="units-and-corps">Units and Corps</h2>
<p>The Personnel Directorate has eight main corps and General Officer-level units directly subordinate to it, as well as numerous units and sub-units. The six main subordinates are:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Military_Police_Corps_(Israel)/rSDzyKMn">Military Police Corps</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Education_and_Youth_Corps_(Israel)/yC3US9ha">Education and Youth Corps</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Adjutant_Corps/q6LJorpm">Human Resources Corps and Casualties Division</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gender_Affair_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_Staff/qHDjC81r">Gender Advisor to the Chief of Defense Staff</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/General_Corps_(Israel)/Rqx6tQYj">Staff Division and General Corps</a></li>
<li>Human Resources Planning and Management Division
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Meitav_(military_unit)/unXCognq">Meitav</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Welfare Division
<ul><li>MOFET</li></ul></li>
<li>Behavioral Science Center</li></ul>
<h2 id="commanders">Commanders</h2>
<p>Below are the historical commanders of the directorate. All of them finished their duties with the rank of <a href="/facts/Aluf/PjQKuNbY">Aluf</a>, although some assumed the position with a lower rank. Includes pre-IDF <a href="/facts/Haganah/23nxUEpt">Haganah</a> commander Moshe Zadok.
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Moshe_Zadok/fFS4vEHw">Moshe Zadok</a> (May 1947 – 1949)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Shimon_Mazah/mFlYbR6m">Shimon Mazah</a> (1949 – December 1952)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Zvi_Zur/uhvQ9mxI">Zvi Zur</a> (December 1952 – February 1956)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gideon_Shoken/cqlWCMbg">Gideon Shoken</a> (February 1956 – April 1961)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Aharon_Doron/6X0yzR7s">Aharon Doron</a> (April 1961 – July 1963)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Haim_Ben_David/cXXKJ1IY">Haim Ben David</a> (July 1963 – July 1966)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Shmuel_Eyal/PupwgQ1U">Shmuel Eyal</a> (July 1966 – 1970)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Shlomo_Lahat/jgVVWMLo">Shlomo Lahat</a> (1970–1973)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Herzl_Shapir/XQaaNsSv">Herzl Shapir</a> (1973 – April 1974)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Moshe_Gidron/TjJA48L8">Moshe Gidron</a> (April 1974 – 1976)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Raphael_Vardi/GudClUzJ">Raphael Vardi</a> (1976–1978)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Moshe_Nativ/UVeXtRLw">Moshe Nativ</a> (1978–1983)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Amos_Yaron/uLaWDz4s">Amos Yaron</a> (1983–1985)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Matan_Vilnai/NdIhJM4g">Matan Vilnai</a> (January 1986 – 1989)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ran_Goren/STKBWP7a">Ran Goren</a> (1989–1992)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Yoram_Yair/Mcuj46RQ">Yoram Yair</a> (1992–1995)</li>
<li>Gideon Shefer (1995–1998)</li>
<li>Yehuda Segev (1998–2001)</li>
<li>Gil Regev (2001–2004)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Elazar_Shtern/QDK11twQ">Elazar Shtern</a> (2004–2008)</li>
<li>Avi Zamir (2008–2011)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Orna_Barbivai/9DPWQgGs">Orna Barbivai</a> (2011–2014)</li>
<li>Hagai Topolanski (2014–2017)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Moti_Almoz/DoBqRq76">Moti Almoz</a> (2017–2021)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Yaniv_Asor/b3HADjFF">Yaniv Asor</a> (2021–2024)</li>
<li>Dado Bar Kalifa (2024–)</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.idf.il/%d7%90%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%97%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa/%d7%90%d7%92%d7%a3-%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%97-%d7%94%d7%90%d7%93%d7%9d/%d7%92%d7%9c%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94/">Official website</a></li></ul>

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