Yair Golan

Yair Golan is an Israeli politician, leader of the Democrats party, and a senior military officer.
He served as deputy minister of economy in the thirty-sixth Israeli government and served as a Member of the Knesset from 2019–2022. He is a reserve major general (Aluf) in the Israel Defence Forces. An infantry officer by profession, he served as IDF deputy chief of staff, GOC Home Front Command, and GOC Northern Command. In May 2024, Golan was elected as the leader of the Israeli Labor Party on a platform of merging with the Meretz party. On June 30th 2024, the two parties announced an agreement to form a new party, the Democrats. The agreement which designated Yair Golan as leader of the new party was approved by both parties’ congresses in July 2024.