Colonel Ala Abu-Rukon, currently serving as the Israel Defense Forces' military attache in China is to be appointed military ss\ecretary to the President of the State of Israel and will be promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, according to a decision by President Reuven Rivlin together with Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Binyamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Aviv Cochavi.
Abu Rukon will replace Brig-Gen Boaz Hershkovitz who has served in the role for the past three years.