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| birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], [[Mandatory Palestine]]

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| nationality = Israeli

| occupation = [[Mossad|Director-General of the [[Mossad]]

'''Nahum Admoni''' ({{lang-he-n|נחום אדמוני}}; born November 21, 1929) is aan formerIsraeli [[Israel]]iformer intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of the [[Mossad]] from 1982 to 1989.

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]] 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.

Shortly after becoming the Mossad Director the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]] occurred. Admoni was criticized by the [[Kahan Commission]] for not warning the cabinet before allowing the Gemayel Phalangists into the camps, though no action against him was recommended. During his service as Mossad Director, Admoni watched over the [[Jonathan Pollard]] affair, in which it was revealed that Israel (though not the Mossad directly) was spying on the United States. He also endured the revelation of Israeli involvement in the [[Iran–Contra Affair]] and the public abduction of [[Mordechai Vanunu]], who had revealed secrets of the [[Israel and weapons of mass destruction|Israeli nuclear weapons program]] to the [[United Kingdom|British]] press. Admoni retired in 1989.

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, (they have two daughters Yael Lynne and sheIrit ) and moved to Israel when he returned there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-young-jewish-girls-escape-from-death-to-idyllic-shanghai-during-world-war-ii/|title=Saved in Shanghai — a young girl's story highlights a rare WWII place of refuge|website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> He has served on the board of directors of several companies, including Mossad's pensioners' association.

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