Name Tenure Yosef Avidar July 1947 – July 1949 Monty Green July 1949 – March 1950 Efraim Ben Artzi March 1950 – March 1952 Zvi Ayalon March 1952 – March 1954 Meir Ilan March 1954 – March 1960 Moshe Goren March 1960 – March 1964 Mattityahu Peled March 1964 – March 1968 Amos Horev March 1968 – March 1972 Nehemiah Cain March 1972 – October 1974 Aryeh Levi October 1974 – October 1978 Yohanan Gur October 1978 – October 1983 Haim Erez October 1983 – October 1986 Menahem Einan October 1986 – January 1989 Ilan Biran January 1989 – April 1992 Shalom Hagai April 1992 – April 1995 Ami Sagis April 1995 – April 1998 Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash April 1998 – April 2001 Udi Adam April 2001 – April 2005 Avi Mizrahi April 2005 – December 2007 Dan Biton December 2007 – March 2012 Kobi Barak March 2012 – July 2016 Aharon Haliva July 2016-