Background
Nativ was born as Moise Vegh in 1932 in a Petrova, a small village in central Transylvania, Romania.
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At the age of 3 his family moved to Botoșani. At the age of 14, inspired by the Zionist movement, Native ran away from home and immigrated to Israel. He fulfilled his plan through the Youth Aliyah in 1946.
In 1949 he enlisted to the Israeli Defense Forces.
He served in various capacities in the Armored Corps including: Operations officer of the 7th Brigade, Tank company commander, and Operations officer for the Armored Corps. During the Six Day War he acted as the State adjutant general under the command of Israel Tal.
During the Yom Kippur War Nativ served as the assistant chief armored corps officer After the war, Native was transferred to the manpower division of the Israel Defense Forces. In 1978 he was appointed the head of the Manpower Directorate, a position he held until 1983.
During his service, he completed his studies at the National Security College.
He received his Bachelor"s degree from Tel Aviv University. Later years
After his release from service, Native became the Chief Executive Officer of Hevrat HaOvdim. Native later served as the Director General of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
In his later years Native served in many public offices including the president of the Council for a Beautiful Israel, chairman of the board of Gymnasia Herzliya, and the director of IAI.
