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Carmi Gillon was born on 1950-01- in Jerusalem, Israel, is an Israeli diplomat. Discover Carmi Gillon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1950-01-
Birthday 1950-01-
Birthplace Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality Israel

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1859

His mother, Saada Gillon (née Frumkin), was born in Ottoman Judea to which her ancestors immigrated from the Russian Empire in the 19th century, likewise Gillon's maternal great grandfather was Israel Dov Frumkin, a pioneer of Hebrew journalism who arrived 1859 (When Judea was part of Ottoman Syria).

1930

His maternal grandfather, Gad Frumkin, was one of the first trained attorneys in British-Palestine (a novel parcellation after WW1), who was the only Jewish judge on the Supreme Court of Palestine during the British Mandate era and was also a member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Board of Governors from the 1930s until his death.

His maternal grandmother, Chana Frumkin, was the daughter of Aharon Eisenberg, a pioneer of the First Aliyah who was one of the founders of Rehovot, and was the President of B'nai B'rith in Jerusalem.

His mother served as Deputy Attorney General.

1937

His father, Colin Gillon, was born Colin Gluckman to a Jewish family in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to Palestine in 1937.

Gillon's paternal grandmother, Katie Gluckman, was a prominent activist in the Zionist movement in South Africa.

Colin served as State Attorney, and Hebraized his name from Gluckman to Gillon at Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's insistence.

Gillon studied at high school in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Rehavia, and at the Academy of Music.

He began his military service in the Israel Defense Forces in the Armored Corps, but was transferred to the Artillery Corps.

1950

Carmi Gillon (כרמי גילון; born January 1950) is an Israeli politician and a former Israeli ambassador to Denmark and head of Shabak, the internal General Security Service (GSS; Israeli Security Agency, ISA) of Israel.

1971

He was wounded in action in the War of Attrition, and was discharged from the IDF in 1971.

1972

In 1972, he began studying political science and public administration at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Gillon is married to Sari.

He has three children and five grandchildren.

In 1972, Gillon was recruited by Shin Bet during his university studies.

He initially worked as a bodyguard for senior staff.

1982

From 1982 to 1987, he was chief of the Shin Bet Jewish Department.

1987

From 1987 to 1989, he attended the National Security College, serving in a number of senior positions during his studies for an MA in political science and public administration.

1989

From 1989, he was chief of the Training Division.

1990

From 1990, he was chief of the Shin Bet Northern Command, a position in which he was responsible for Shin Bet activity in Lebanon.

1993

From 1993 to 1994, he was chief of the Administrative Division, responsible for HR, finances, and logistics.

1994

For four months in 1994, he was Shin Bet acting director during Yaakov Peri’s academic leave.

From October 1994, when a suicide bomb killed 23 people, they were allowed to use "increased physical pressure".

Secret government guidelines set down what "moderate physical pressure" and "increased physical pressure" allowed; according to court testimonies of GSS members themselves, this included subjecting detainees to sleep deprivation, prolonged shackling in painful positions, hooding with filthy sacks, being forced to squat like a frog (gambaz) and violent shaking (tiltul).

During Carmi Gillon's period of service with the GSS such methods of interrogation were used against several hundred Palestinian detainees every year, many of whom were later released without charge.

1995

After the 4 November 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, he attracted criticism for failing to provide adequate security.

He graduated from the National Security College.

He has a B.A. in political science from the Hebrew University, where he was recruited into the Shin Bet, and an M.A. in public policy from the University of Haifa.

He attended the six-week advanced management program at Harvard Business School, and completed management training at Harvard Kennedy School.

Gillon was born in Jerusalem.

From March 1995 to February 1996, Gillon was the director of Shin Bet.

B'Tselem, Human Rights Watch, and other human rights organizations have criticized his oversight.

In 1995, the Shin Bet's VIP protection unit failed to prevent the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin.

Gillon had been in Paris at the time of the assassination, and upon returning to Israel, immediately submitted his resignation to Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who rejected it.

Nevertheless, he resigned the following year.

The Shamgar Commission was critical of the Shin Bet under his tenure.

1997

After leaving the service, Gillon served as general manager of the Avner Insurance Company (1997–2000) and then as director general of the Peres Center for Peace (2000–2001).

He also studied at Harvard Business School.

1999

"During his tenure, and until the Israel High Court of Justice ruled against such methods in 1999, GSS interrogators were officially sanctioned to use 'moderate physical pressure' on detainees (the vast majority of them Palestinians)," according to Amnesty International.

2001

From 2001 to 2003, he was the Israeli ambassador to Denmark.