The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Seminar with Major General Uzi Dayan, on Friday, November 9th, in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
General Dayan served as the Chairman of the Israeli National Security Council and as the National Security Adviser to Prime Ministers Barak and Sharon from 2000-2002.
Dayan also previously served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In 1996, Dayan was appointed commander of the Central Command. In May 1993 Maj. Gen. Dayan was appointed Head of the Planning Branch of the IDF General staff. In this position he headed the Israeli security committee to the peace negotiation with the Jordanians, Palestinian and Syrians.
He was inducted into the IDF in 1966, volunteering for an elite unit where he first served as an enlisted man in the Six Days War and in a company in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
For the last four years, Dayan has served as the president of the annual Sderot Conference for Social and Economic Policy and the chairman of the youth organization - Chugey Sayarut. In May 2005 Dayan founded a new movement called Tafnit (Turning point) - A New Agenda for Israel.
He holds a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and M.Sc. degree in operations research from Stanford University.
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