The Military Secretary to the Prime Minister , is the senior military adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel

Prime Minister of Israel

The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...

 on Military and on national security issues. Major-General

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...

 Yohanan Locker is currently the post holder.

The Military Secretary to the Prime Minister is informed on every intelligence information of the Israeli Intelligence Community

Israeli Intelligence Community

The Israeli Intelligence Community is the designation given to the complex of organizations responsible for intelligence collection, dissemination, and research for the State of Israel...

 without limits. He does not have much authorities, yet he is one of the most influential officials on Israel's national security policy. The Military Secretary is also a member of the Military Staff.

Previously, there were Brigadier General

Brigadier General

Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...

s serving as Military Secretary (The first Military Secretary was even a Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

; ), but ever since the 90s, Major-Generals are serving as the Military Secretaries. Some argue that raising the status of the Military Secretary has resulted in Military considerations weighing in, in Decision making processes, on the expanse of other considerations, and thus they have suggested that Military Secretary Position will be held by a lower level of military personnel.

Military Secretaries

Name	Tenure	Notes
Lt. Colonel Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...  Nehemiah Argov	1948–1957	Did not serve in 1954–55
Maj. General 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...  Chaim Ben-David	1957–1963
Brig. General Brigadier General Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...  Yisrael Lior	1963–1974
Brig. General Efraim Poran	1974–1981
Brig. General Azriel Nevo	1981–1993
Maj. General Danny Yatom Danny Yatom Danny Yatom is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Labour. Before that he was a Director of the Mossad security service.-Background:...	1993–1996
Maj. General Zeev Livne	1996–1997
Maj. General Gadi Eisenkot	1999–2001	Currentlly, Northern Command Commander.
Maj. General Moshe Kaplinsky Moshe Kaplinsky Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky , is the CEO of Better Place Israel. Most recently, he was Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He was previously head of the Israel Defense Force's Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the West Bank...	2001–2002
Maj. General Yoav Galant Yoav Galant Aluf Yoav Galant is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former commander of the Southern Command.Galant was initially chosen in to succeed Gabi Ashkenazi as the next Chief of General Staff in 2011 by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and approved by the Israeli government However, his...	2002–2005
Maj. General Gadi Shamni Gadi Shamni Aluf Gadi Shamni is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and current Israel's military attaché in the United States.In 1977 Shamni was drafted into the Paratroopers Brigade, which he stayed in for much of his early career. In 2001 he was promoted to Brigadier General and in 2005 to Major General...	2005–2007
Maj. General Meir Kalifi	2007–2009
Maj. General Yohanan Locker	2010–	Incumbent