Sami Turgeman
Shlomo "Sami" Turgeman (Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה "סַמִי" תּוּרְגְ'מָן; born July 11, 1964) is a Major General in the IDF and is the current commander of the IDF Southern Command. His past posts include: head of the Ground Forces, head of the Armored Corps and head of the Operations Division of the Operations Directorate. He was previously commander of the Pillar of Fire Reserves Formation in the Northern Command.
Turgeman was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, and made aliyah with his family when he was half a year old.
In 1982 he was drafted to the IDF and has served the majority of his army service in the Armored Corps. He served as a tank commander in the 14th Brigade, as a platoon commander in the 401st Brigade (the I'kvot Ha'Barzel formation), and as a company commander in the 460th Brigade. In 1992 he was appointed commander of the Battlion 52 of the 401st Brigade. In 1994 he was selected as Operations Officer of the 162nd Division (the Plada formation). In 1996 he served as the commander of a reserves' brigade and as an instructor in a company commander/ battalion commander training course. From 1997 to 1999 he served as head of the training division in the former ground forces command.
