Yoram Cohen

Yoram Cohen (Hebrew: יורם כהן; born 1960) is a retired Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director of Shin Bet, from May 15, 2011[1] until May 8, 2016, when he was replaced by Nadav Argaman.

In 1982, after finishing his compulsory service in the IDF, he started working at Shin Bet; his first post was security officer for the field coordinators.

In 2005 he was elected deputy to Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, and engaged in policy-building and organizational decisions.

Upon his return to Israel in 2010, he was responsible for formulating the concept of service management in the coming decade.

Cohen has a BA and an MA in political science from Haifa University and is a graduate of the National Defense College.

Reuven Rivlin the president of Israel with Yoram Cohen the former director of the Shin Bet and Nadav Argaman the new director. May 2016