The Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i Manpower Directorate , also known as the Personnel Directorate and formerly called the Human Resources Directorate, is the Israel Defense Forces

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...

 body that coordinates and assembles activities related to the control over human resources and its placement. It draws plans for these following the standards of the Planning Directorate

Israeli Planning Directorate

The Israeli Planning Directorate is the central body in the Israel Defense Forces' General Staff which deals with strategic planning, the building of military forces, and military organization. It also serves as a planning body for the Ministry of Defense, and represents the IDF in various related...

, and attends to the service conditions of individuals.

Units

The Manpower Directorate has seven main corps and brigade-level units directly subordinate to it, as well as numerous brigade and battalion-level units and sub-units. The six main subordinates are:

• Military Police Corps
• Education and Youth Corps
• Adjutant Corps
• Women's Affairs advisor
  Women's Affairs advisor
  The Women's Affairs advisor to the Chief of Staff is a female officer in the Israel Defense Forces, in charge of promoting freedom of opportunities for women soldiers so as to better develop their abilities and talents in the military, and to provide them with a functional, suitable and diverse...
  
  
• General Corps and the Staff Sector
• Planning Brigade and Manpower Administration
  • Meitav
• Human Resources Directorate Administration and Individuals' Sector

Commanders

Below are the historical commanders of the directorate. All of them finished their duties with the rank of Aluf

Aluf

Aluf is the term used for General and Admiral in the Israel Defense Forces . In addition to the Aluf rank itself, there are four other ranks which are derivatives of the word...

, although some assumed the position with a lower rank. Includes pre-IDF Haganah

Haganah

Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.- Origins :...

 commander Moshe Zadok.

• Moshe Zadok (May 1947–1949)
• Shimon Mazah (1949 – December 1952)
• Zvi Zur (December 1952 – February 1956)
• Gideon Shoken (February 1956 – April 1961)
• Aharon Doron (April 1961 – July 1963)
• Haim Ben David (July 1963 – July 1966)
• Shmuel Eyal (July 1966–1970)
• Shlomo Lahat
  Shlomo Lahat
  Maj. Gen. Shlomo "Chich" Lahat is a former Israeli general and politician.Lahat was born in Germany and made Aliyah in 1933. He served in the Haganah and the Israel Defense Forces...
  
   (1970–1973)
• Herzl Shapir (1973 – April 1974)
• Moshe Gidron
  Moshe Gidron
  Moshe Gidron was a general in the Israel Defense Forces and former head of the Israeli Human Resources Directorate.Born under the British Mandate of Palestine, at the age of 17 Gidron joined Palmach and served in it until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948...
  
   (April 1974–1976)
• Raphael Vardi (1976–1978)
• Moshe Nativ (1978–1983)
• Amos Yaron (1983–1985)
• Matan Vilnai
  Matan Vilnai
  Matan Vilnai is an Israeli politician and a former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces . He is currently Minister for Home Front Defense and a member of the Knesset for Independence.-Biography:...
  
   (January 1986–1989)
• Ran Goren (1989–1992)
• Yoram Yair (1992–1995)
• Gideon Shefer (1995–1998)
• Yehuda Segev (1998–2001)
• Gil Regev (2001–2004)
• Elazar Shtern (2004–2008)
• Avi Zamir (2008–2011)
• Orna Barbivai
  Orna Barbivai
  Aluf Orna Barbivai is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and the current head of its Manpower Directorate. She was the first woman to be made Aluf, the IDF's second highest rank.-Personal History and Military Service:...
  
  (2011-)