April 6, 2006 – Medina International Corp. (OTCBB – MDIN) ("Medina" or "the Company"), announces today the appointment of Mr. Ehud Barak to its advisory board. <
In April 1983, Maj.Gen. Barak was appointed Head of the Intelligence Branch at the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) General Headquarters. In January 1986, he was appointed Commander of the IDF Central Command, and in May 1987 was appointed Deputy Chief-of-Staff.
In April 1991, he assumed the post of the 14th Chief of the General Staff and was promoted to the rank of Lt. General, the highest in the Israeli military. He played a central role in finalizing the peace treaty with Jordan, signed in 1994.
General Barak was awarded the "Distinguished Service Medal" and four other citations for courage and operational excellence. Ehud Barak holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1976), and an M.Sc. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University, California (1978).
He served as Israeli Minister of the Interior from July-November 1995 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 1995 until June 1996. Elected to the Israeli Knesset in 1996, he served as a Member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
In 1996, General Barak was elected Chairman of the Labor Party. Ehud Barak was elected Prime Minister of Israel on May 17, 1999. forming his government to the Knesset on July 6, 1999, assuming office as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. He completed his term as Prime Minister on March 7, 2001. |
