Background
Sakel was born in Beit Yosef in 1940.
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Emanuel Sakel
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Education
Sakel studied Geology in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and finished his studies in 1967.
Career
After his military career, he became the Chief Executive Officer of the Transport-Israel pipeline. In 1958, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and joined the Golani Brigade in which he served until the end of his service in 1961 at the rank of Second Lieutenant. In 2010, he received his Doctorate in Political science from Bar-Ilan University.
In the Six Day War, he was called in from reserves and he fought as the Commander of Sayeret"s 4th Brigade.
In 1968, he returned to the military and received the rank of Captain. He joined the Armored Corps and served in the 7th Armored Brigade as commander of Unit 82.
In 1972 Sakel became the Commander of the 52 Battalion. In 1973, on the eve of the Yom Kippur War, Sakel and his battalion were stationed near the Bar Lev Lincolnshire near Ras Sudar.
With the war"s outbreak, Sakel"s forces joined the 401st Brigade in fighting the invading Egyptian army.
Sakel"s forces destroyed an entire Egyptian battalion, and during the course of the war Sakel"s forces helped out an ambushed Israeli battalion in Mitla Pass. Later in his military career, Sakel commanded the 401st Brigade, and the 252 Sinai Brigade (a position he held during the 1982 Lebanon War). In the late 1980s, Sakel resigned from the Israel Defense Forces. In 1990, under the request of then Chief of General Staff, Ehud Barak, Sakel returned to the Israel Defense Forces and held the position of Commander GOC Army Headquarters until his resignation in 1994.
In 1995, Sakel became the Chief Executive Officer of Transport-Israel pipeline, a position he held until 2005.
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In the fighting Sakel"s forces suffered heavy losses and his forces defended the Southern part of the Great Bitter Lake.
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