eliezer marom

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Israeli Retired Vice Admiral Eliezer `Chiney` Marom participates in a panel discussion at The Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City on April 6, 2014. Marom, former head of the Israeli Navy has a maternal grandfather who was Chinese, hence his nickname, `Chiney.` In July, 2017, he was put under temporary house arrest as one of several people under investigation for bribery/fraud/corruption, dubbed the `submarine affair,` involving German shipbuilding giant, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.