Ya'akov Nehoshtan [SEP] position held
Ya'akov Nehoshtan
Ya'akov Nehoshtan (‎; 22 April 1925 – 17 April 2019) was an Israeli politician and diplomat. He served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal between 1969 and 1974 and as ambassador to the Netherlands between 1982 and 1985.
Biography.
Born in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, Nehoshtan attended high school in Vratsa and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth group. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1944, and studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining certification as a lawyer.
Ido Nehoshtan
Aluf Ido Nehoshtan, also Nehushtan (; born 1957) is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces. He replaced Eliezer Shkedi on 4 April 2008 as Air Force Commander until he himself was replaced by Amir Eshel on 10 May 2012 upon his retirement from 37 years of service.
Military career.
The son of Ya'akov Nehoshtan, Nehoshtan's roots are from Bulgaria and Macedonia. Nehoshtan was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1975 in the Combat Engineering branch and was selected for the IAF Pilots Course after