Shimon Peres
Politician
1923 –
Who is Shimon Peres?
Shimon Peres is a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President.
He held several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after Israel's War of Independence. His first high-level government position was as Deputy Director-General of Defense in 1952, and Director-General in 1953 through 1959. During his career, he has represented five political parties in the Knesset: Mapai, Rafi, the Alignment, Labor and Kadima, and has led Alignment and Labor. Peres won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the peace talks that he participated in as Israeli Foreign Minister, producing the Oslo Accords.
Peres was nominated in early 2007 by Kadima to run in that year's presidential election, and was elected by the Knesset to the presidency on 13 June 2007 and sworn into office on 15 July 2007 for a seven-year term. He is the first former Prime Minister to be elected President of Israel.
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- Born
- Aug 2, 1923
Vishnyeva - Also known as
- Szymon Perski
- Fmr P.M. Shimon Peres
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sonya Gelman
(1945/05 - 2011/01/20)
- Sonya Gelman
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Poles
- Israelis
- Israeli Jews
- Nationality
- Israel
- Profession
- Education
- Ben Shemen Youth Village
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on July 23, 2013
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