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Aviv Kochavi

Military · Politician

Aviv Kochavi is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Aviv Kochavi · Aviv Kochawi · Aviv Kohavi · Aviv Kokhavi · Aviv Koçavi · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Awiw Kochawi · Кохави, Авив				[sources]
Weak alias	アヴィヴ・コチャヴィ · ビブ・コチャビ				[sources]
Birth date	1964-04-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Kiryat Bialik				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Aviv				[sources]
Last name	Kochavi				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2088195				[sources]
Position	Chief of the General Staff (2019-2023) · Deputy Chief of the General Staff (2017-2018) · Head of Military Intelligence of Israel (2010-2014) · military commander (2014-2017)				[sources]
Education	Harvard University · Hebrew University of Jerusalem · John F. Kennedy School of Government · Johns Hopkins University · Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

22nd Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-05

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shaul Kochavi Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Head of Military Intelligence of Israel	2010-11-01	2014-09-01
Chief of the General Staff	2019-01-15

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,163

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Wikidata334,854

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

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