Mosad gets new chief
The military secretary to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Major General Roman Gofman, was appointed today as the next head of Israel's foreign intelligence agency Mossad, the Netanyahu cabinet announced.
TL;DR
- Major General Roman Gofman appointed as the next head of Mossad.
- Gofman will begin his five-year term on June 2nd.
- The appointment was approved by the Senior Officials' Appointments Advisory Committee.
- Gofman moved to Israel from Belarus in 1990.
- He served in the Armored Corps of the Israel Defense Forces, becoming a division commander.