What is Meir Dagan?
[[File:Meir-Dagan.png|thumb|right|200px|Dagan in 2011]] [[Aluf]] '''Meir Dagan''' ({{lang-he|מאיר דגן}}; 30 January 1945 – 17 March 2016) was an [[Israel]]i politician. He was a former [[Israel Defense Forces]] officer. He was a former Director of the [[Mossad]].<ref>[http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001155.html Egypt claims Mossad to blame for shark attacks (& details of new Mossad head)] Tom Gross Media</ref> He served as director from 2002 through 2011. Dagan was born in the [[Soviet Union]]. He moved to Israel at age five. Dagan died of [[liver cancer]] in [[Tel Aviv]], Israel at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lis|first1=Jonathon|last2=Ravid |first2=Barak|last3=Cohen|first3=Gili|date=17 March 2016|title=Former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan Dies at 71|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.709347 |newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dagan, Meir}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]] [[Category:Directors of Israeli intelligence agencies]] [[Category:Israeli generals]] [[Category:Israeli Jews]] [[Category:Jewish military people]] [[Category:Mossad people]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:Organ transplant recipients]] [[Category:Soviet Jews]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Israel]] {{bio-stub}}