Amos Manor
Amos Manor | |
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3rd Head of the Shin Bet | |
In office 1953–1963 | |
Preceded by | Izi Dorot |
Succeeded by | Yossef Harmelin |
Amos Manor (Hebrew: עמוס מנור; October 8, 1918 – August 5, 2007) was Director of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal intelligence and security service, from 1953 until 1963.
Biography
Arthur Mendelowitz (later Amos Manor) was born to a Jewish family in
Intelligence and business career
Manor is credited with building up the Shin Bet as a national institution capable of handling the many threats posed to internal Israeli security during that time.
In 1949, he was appointed department head of the ISA division's for non-Arab affairs, and became the first department director for Eastern Europe. In 1950 he was appointed unit head within the division for non-Arab affairs. In 1952, he was appointed Deputy ISA Director and the following year ISA Director. He retired in 1964.
In 1964 he began serving on the directorial board of several companies, banks and the stock market. He also worked as a business consultant for various textile firms and was a partner in the Atlas hotel management company.