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Benny Gantz

1959 - Today

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Benjamin "Benny" Gantz (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, pronounced [binjaˈmin ˈbeni ˈɡant͡s]; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the minister of defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Gantz has received more than 2,562,538 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Benny Gantz is the 3,605th most popular politician (up from 6,769th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Israel (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Israeli Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benny Gantz ranks 3,605 out of 19,576Before him are Jahan Shah, Liutprand of Cremona, Grigory Orlov, Sobhuza II, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, and Mohammad Najibullah. After him are Bahram II, Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Ashikaga Takauji, Margaret of York, Munmu of Silla, and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Benny Gantz ranks 26Before him are Mauricio Macri, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Sean Bean, Ken Watanabe, János Áder, and Mike Pence. After him are Milorad Dodik, Robert Knepper, John McEnroe, Inger Nilsson, William Lai, and Ramón Díaz.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Benny Gantz ranks 118 out of 466Before him are Zephaniah (-701), Philip the Evangelist (100), Judah ha-Nasi (135), Gene Simmons (1949), Shimon bar Yochai (1), and David Grossman (1954). After him are Israel Tal (1924), Barak (null), Aristobulus II (-100), Yochanan Vollach (1945), Al-Tabarani (873), and Yoav Galant (1958).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Benny Gantz ranks 47Before him are Yigal Allon (1918), Philip the Tetrarch (-4), Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212), Yair Lapid (1963), Judah ha-Nasi (135), and Shimon bar Yochai (1). After him are Barak (null), Aristobulus II (-100), Yoav Galant (1958), Al-Maqdisi (945), Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066), and Ali Hassan Salameh (1940).