New IDF Military Advocate General appointed

Danny Efroni (; born November 17, 1958) was the Chief Military Advocate General of the

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in 2011-2015.

Military and legal career

Danny Efroni was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1976, after graduating from the

Hebrew Reali School The Hebrew Reali School of Haifa (), located in Haifa, Israel, is one of the country's oldest private schools.Haifa Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area i ...

. He served in an operational unit in the

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. In 1990, after receiving his law degree from

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School of Law, Efroni joined the

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as a military prosecutor in the

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. In 1993 he returned to the Intelligence Directorate to head a regional branch of the operational unit he served in previously. In 1996, Efroni returned to the service in the

. He fulfilled the positions of the Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor (1996–2000), the District Attorney for the Northern Command (2000–2003) and the Chief Military Defense Attorney (2003–2004). In 2004, he was appointed Deputy Military Advocate General. In 2009, Efroni retired from the army, but returned to service in August 2011 when he was named successor to Chief Military Advocate General

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. On September 15, 2011, Efroni was promoted to the rank of

Tat Aluf ( or "first/leader of a group" in Biblical Hebrew) is a senior military rank in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral. In addition to the ''aluf'' rank, fo ...

( brigadier general) and appointed Chief Military Advocate General. The appointment was announced in August 2011. On September 27, 2012, he was promoted to the rank of

Aluf ( or "first/leader of a group" in Biblical Hebrew) is a senior military rank in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral. In addition to the ''aluf'' rank, fo ...

(major general). On October 22, 2015, Efroni was succeeded as Chief Military Advocate General by brigadier general Sharon Afek.

References

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