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{{Infobox spy
|name = Nahum Admoni
|native_name = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|נחום אדמוני}}}}
|nickname=▼
|native_name_lang = he
▲|nickname =
|image = Nachum Admoni.jpg
|caption =
|allegiance = {{flagcountry|ISR}}
|service = [[Mossad]]
|serviceyears= 1954–1989
|rank =
|operation =
|award =
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|11|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], [[Mandatory Palestine]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|nationality = Israeli
|occupation = Director-General of the [[Mossad]]
}}
'''Nahum Admoni''' ({{lang-he|נחום אדמוני}}; born November 21, 1929) is
Admoni was born in [[Jerusalem]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]]. His parents, Eliyahu and Sima Rothbaum, were middle-class [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jewish]] immigrants. Growing up, he studied at the [[Gymnasia Rehavia|Rehavia Gymnasium]]. In 1946, he enlisted in the [[Haganah]] and joined the Third Battalion of the [[Palmach]]. He fought in the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] in the [[SHAI]], the [[Haganah]] intelligence branch, and later in the [[Aman (IDF)|military intelligence]] of the newly created [[Israel Defense Forces]]. He was discharged from the army in 1950 with the rank of Lieutenant. He then went to the [[United States]] and studied international relations at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], returning to [[Israel]] in 1954. There he rejoined the Israeli intelligence community, working his way up the [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] to be Mossad Director [[Yitzhak Hofi]]'s deputy. In 1982 the designated director of the Mossad [[Yekutiel Adam]] was killed in [[1982 Lebanon War]] and Admoni was chosen to replace him.
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On August 28, 2006, he was appointed by prime minister [[Ehud Olmert]] to be chairman of an investigation committee, charged with investigating the actions of the government during the [[2006 Lebanon War]].<ref>Oren, Amir. "[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/756385.html Kahan Commission criticized Admoni; Olmert made him head of panel]", ''Haaretz'', August 31, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2006.</ref>
He is married to Nina Admoni (née Wertans), who was born in Poland, and was among the Jews who fled to [[China]] during [[World War II]]. She later moved to the United States, and met Nahum while he was studying in [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]]. The couple married
==Notes==
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nachum_Admoni.jpg|title=עברית: נחום אדמוני|date=29 December 2015}}</ref>▼
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[[Category:Directors of the Mossad]]
[[Category:Haganah members]]
[[Category:Jews
[[Category:Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent]]
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▲<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nachum_Admoni.jpg|title=עברית: נחום אדמוני|date=29 December 2015}}</ref>
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