Yair Golan is a major general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
In an IDF career spanning nearly 37 years, his assignments have included commander of Northern Command, head of the IDF Operations Directorate, commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, and commander of the Home Front Command.
Yair Golan was a 2017 military fellow at The Washington Institute. He received his bachelor of arts in political science from Tel Aviv University and a master of public administration from Harvard University. Additionally, he is a graduate of both the IDF's Command and Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.