Rivlin, Eliezer

Eliezer Rivlin is the former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel. After graduating from Hebrew University, he practiced law in Beer Sheva for seven years, representing governmental agencies, corporations and private clients. In 1976, he was appointed to be a judge in the Southern Traffic Court and in 1978, he was appointed as a Judge of the Court of the First Degree. In 1982, he was nominated to be a judge of the Southern District Court, where he served until he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel in 2000. He became Deputy President of the Court in 2006, a position he retained until his retirement in 2012. He served for over 20 years as a military judge of the Special Court Marshall and then as a judge and a Colonel at the Military Court of Appeal - all in the framework of the Military Reserve Forces.