03 — DIRECTOR
Nahum Admoni
Nahum Admoni directed the Mossad from 1982 to 1989. The encyclopedia's director record places his term in the years after the 1982 Lebanon War and across the mid-1980s, a period that publicly includes the Vanunu case of 1986.
Evidence Assessment
Term dates (1982–1989) and the Vanunu conviction within the period.
The publicly reported circumstances of Vanunu's abduction have not been proven in open proceedings.
Key Facts
- Role:
- Director of the Mossad
- Term:
- 1982–1989
- Predecessor:
- Yitzhak Hofi
- Successor:
- Shabtai Shavit (1989)
- Period events:
- Vanunu case (1986) during term
The mid-1980s
Admoni's tenure is recorded across the mid-1980s. The period is publicly associated with the Vanunu case, in which a former nuclear technician disclosed information about Israel's Dimona facility and was later convicted of treason after being brought to Israel.
The Vanunu case (1986)
The A–Z records the Vanunu conviction as documented, with a Mossad role in his abduction widely reported rather than proven in public proceedings. The case is treated here as an event of the period with careful attribution.
Evidence note
The public preview material establishes Admoni's term dates and the period context. Institutional and operational detail beyond the documented events remains limited.
Related entries
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Sources
- Mossad Encyclopedia director record
- Field note: Fourteen Directors, One Institution
- A–Z preview: Vanunu, Mordechai