Background
Cohen was born in Jerusalem to a religious family and grew up in the Katamon neighborhood. His father, Leo, was a seventh-generation Israeli and Irgun veteran. His mother was a teacher.
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Yossi Cohen
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Yeshivat Or Etzion; Bar-Ilan University.
Career
He worked at Bank Mizrahi, reaching a senior position there. Cohen is a 30-year-veteran of the Mossad. He ran agents in a number of countries over his career, and led the Mossad"s collections division ("Tsomet").
From 2011 to 2013, he was the deputy director, serving under Tamir Pardo.
He was known publicly as "Y" (Hebrew: "י") in this post. Intelligence reporter Ronen Bergman has written that Cohen has a reputation as a tough boss, that he speaks perfect English, and is a marathon runner.
He also speaks fluent Arabic. In August 2013 he was appointed the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel.
In December 2015, Cohen was appointed to succeed Tamir Pardo as director of Mossad., and assumed office in January 2016.
Cohen has four children. He is nicknamed "the Model".
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