Carmi Gillon

Carmi Gillon
Carmi Gilon, 2018
Native name	כרמי גילון
Born	January 1950 Jerusalem
Allegiance	Israel
Service / branch	Israel Defense Forces
Commands	Head of Shin Bet
Battles / wars	War of Attrition
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.A. in Political Science) University of Haifa (M.A. in Public Policy) Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program) Harvard Kennedy School (Management Training)
Spouse(s)	Sari Gillon
Children	Three
Other work	Director General of the Peres Center for Peace Ambassador to Denmark Head of Mevasseret Zion local council Vice President for External Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Carmi Gillon (Hebrew: כרמי גילון; born January 1950) is an Israeli politician and a former Israeli ambassador to Denmark and head of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, from 1994 to 1996.

After the 4 November 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, he attracted criticism for failing to provide adequate security.^[1]

He graduated from the National Security College. He has a B.A. in political science from the Hebrew University, where he was recruited into the Shin Bet,^[2] and an M.A. in public policy from the University of Haifa. He attended a six-week advanced management program at Harvard Business School, and completed management training at Harvard Kennedy School.