Gali Baharav-Miara גלי בהרב-מיארה
Israel's senior legal officer, responsible for advising the government, supervising the State Prosecution, and representing the State in court. Appointed in February 2022 for the standard non-renewable seven-year term, she has held the office through a uniquely turbulent period of war and constitutional debate.
پسِ منظر
Born in Israel, Baharav-Miara served in the IDF, studied law at the Hebrew University, and built a long career in the State Prosecution, eventually as Tel Aviv District Attorney for civil matters, before her February 2022 appointment to the Attorney General role under the Bennett-Lapid government. The Attorney General position combines four constitutional functions: senior legal advisor to the government, head of the prosecution system, representative of the public interest, and prosecutor of public officials.
قابلِ ذکر ریکارڈ
- Has issued numerous formal legal opinions during her tenure on the boundaries of government action, particularly around judicial reform, ministerial conflicts of interest, and senior appointments
- Has clashed publicly and repeatedly with the current coalition over the scope of the Attorney General's role; the government has signaled an intention to seek her dismissal, though the legal framework for removing a sitting AG is contested
- Her standing role as the State's representative in court means she has overseen Israel's legal defense at the International Court of Justice against South Africa's genocide charges, a charge Israel rejects in the strongest terms as a libel against a country fighting a defensive war for its survival
- Term scheduled to end February 2029
آج
Continues in office; her relationship with the government remains contested, with periodic public confrontations over the appropriate boundary between legal advice and policy authority.
یہ کیوں اہم ہے
The Attorney General role is one of the most powerful in Israeli government, and one of the least understood. The current debate over its boundaries is among the most consequential constitutional questions Israel will resolve in the coming years.
اس صفحے کا حوالہ دیں
Gali Baharav-Miara, Attorney General of Israel. ریاستِ اسرائیل. https://thestateofisrael.com/ur/justice/gali-baharav-miara