Itzhak Ilan (64)

Itzhak Ilan or Yitzhak Ilan (Hebrew: יצחק אילן‎), served in the Israel Security Agency (a.k.a. ISA, Shin-Bet, Shabak) during the years 1982–2012, and served during his last position as the Deputy Director of the ISA during the years 2010–2011.

Itzhak Ilan was born in the town of Surami in central Georgia on 28 July 1956.

In the summer of 1973, Itzhak graduated cum laude (with excellence) from the physics and mathematics engineers High School in Tbilisi, and immediately thereafter, on August 17, 1973, immigrated to Israel with his family and lived in Jerusalem.

During the years 1976–1980, Itzhak served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in the anti-aircraft division of the Israeli Air Force. His last position in the IDF was as a Commander of the Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery Division of the Air Force, and he reached the rank of Lieutenant.

On 16 October 2020, Ilan died of COVID-19.