The military secretary who will replace Roman Goffman is Brigadier General Guy Marchisano, who is well-known and well-liked in the Prime Minister’s Office. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this today (Thursday) to Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. Upon assuming office, Marchisano will be promoted to the rank of major general and replace Major General Roman Goffman.
Marchisano served in his last position as the military secretary to the Minister of Defense, a position he held in recent years under Defense Ministers Yoav Galant and Israel Katz. Before that, he served in a long line of senior command and staff positions in the IDF, including Chief of Staff of the Northern Command, Commander of the Pillar of Fire Formation, Commander of the Bayonet Formation, Commander of Battalion 405, and Head of the Planning Department in the Ground Force.
Marchisano, 47, was born in 1978 and raised in Ramat Hasharon. He graduated from Alon High School in the city and enlisted in the IDF in 1997 in the Artillery Corps. He began his military career as a soldier in the 55th Battalion of the 215th Infantry Division, and later attended an officer course and served in a variety of command positions in the Corps.
Throughout his years of service, he held a number of significant field and staff positions. Among other things, he served as a battery commander in the 403rd Battalion, deputy commander of the 402nd Battalion during the Second Lebanon War, an officer of the 425th Battalion, and head of the office of the then Southern Command commander, Yoav Galant. In 2010, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the 405th Battalion in the Golan Formation, and later commanded the advanced training of artillery officers at the IDF Artillery Corps.
In 2015, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the Bayonet Formation, and later commanded the Pillar of Fire Formation. In 2019, he was appointed head of the planning department in the Land Arm. In 2020, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and appointed chief of staff of the Northern Command.
In addition to his military experience, Marchisano is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in international relations and holds an MA in business administration from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He lives in Netanya, is married to Dr. Daniela, a family physician at Clalit Health Services, and has three children.
A senior political source told Channel 14 about the selection of Marchisano: “Guy was military secretary to the defense ministers for 3 years – including throughout the war, and was in the most sensitive consultations, a partner in intimate dialogue with the Americans, and at all the most difficult decision-making junctures, and earned the trust of the prime minister and his office staff.”