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Yaakov Nimrodi was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 1 June 1926. He was a prominent Israeli military and political figure, serving as the first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 1948 to 1950. He was also a member of the Knesset from 1951 to 1965, and served as Minister of Defense from 1965 to 1966. Nimrodi was born to a Jewish family in Tel Aviv. He attended the Kadoorie Agricultural High School in Tulkarm, and then joined the Haganah, the pre-state Jewish defense organization in Palestine. He served in the Haganah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and was appointed Chief of Staff of the IDF in 1948. Nimrodi served as Chief of Staff until 1950, when he was replaced by Moshe Dayan. He then served as a military attaché in Washington, D.C. from 1950 to 1951. In 1951, he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Mapai party. He served in the Knesset until 1965, when he was appointed Minister of Defense. He served in this position until 1966, when he resigned due to disagreements with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. Nimrodi was a highly decorated soldier, receiving the Medal of Valor, the highest military decoration in Israel, in 1948. He also received the Israel Prize in 1967 for his contributions to the state. Nimrodi died on 8 April 2021, at the age of 97.

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Born 1 June, 1926
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1987

In 1987 Nimrodi acquired Israel Land Development Company for $26m. In 1992, he bought the Israeli newspaper Maariv

1979

Nimrodi returned to Israel after the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979, but continued to be involved in arms trading, including a $135m sale of arms to Iran in 1981. Nimrodi played a central role in the early stages of the Iran-Contra affair. He published a book on the affair in 2004.

1948

After Israeli independence in 1948, he was assigned to a military intelligence unit in the south of Israel, where he met Ariel Sharon, later Prime Minister of Israel. In 1956, he was appointed the IDF military attaché and Israel Defense Ministry representative in Tehran. There he was involved in Israel's large-scale arms sales to Iran in the 1960s. "No Israeli representative in Iran during the Shah's regime was more significant or influential than Nimrodi." During this time Nimrodi provided "advice and training" to Iran's SAVAK secret service.

1926

Yaakov Nimrodi (Hebrew: יעקב נמרודי, born 1 June 1926) is an Israeli businessman and former Israeli intelligence officer. Nimrodi, the father of Ofer Nimrodi, was the chairman of Maariv, which he acquired in 1992.