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Shimon Peres
שמעון פרס
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9th President of Israel
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 July 2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by Moshe Katsav
Prime Minister of Israel
In office
4 November 1995 – 18 June 1996
Acting: 4 November 1995 – 22 November 1995
President Ezer Weizman
Preceded by Yitzhak Rabin
Succeeded by Benjamin Netanyahu
In office
13 September 1984 – 20 October 1986
President Chaim Herzog
Preceded by Yitzhak Shamir
Succeeded by Yitzhak Shamir
In office
22 April 1977 – 21 June 1977
Acting
President Ephraim Katzir
Preceded by Yitzhak Rabin
Succeeded by Menachem Begin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
7 March 2001 – 2 November 2002
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Deputy Michael Melchior
Preceded by Shlomo Ben-Ami
Succeeded by Benjamin Netanyahu
In office
14 July 1992 – 22 November 1995
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Deputy Yossi Beilin
Eli Dayan
Preceded by David Levy
Succeeded by Ehud Barak
In office
20 October 1986 – 23 December 1988
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
Preceded by Yitzhak Shamir
Succeeded by Moshe Arens
Minister of Defense
In office
4 November 1995 – 18 June 1996
Preceded by Yitzhak Rabin
Succeeded by Yitzhak Mordechai
In office
3 June 1974 – 20 June 1977
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Preceded by Moshe Dayan
Succeeded by Ezer Weizman
Minister of Finance
In office
22 December 1988 – 15 March 1990
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
Preceded by Moshe Nissim
Succeeded by Yitzhak Shamir
Minister of Transportation
In office
1 September 1970 – 10 March 1974
Prime Minister Golda Meir
Preceded by Ezer Weizman
Succeeded by Aharon Yariv
Personal details
Born Szymon Perski
(1923-08-02) 2 August 1923 (age 89)
Wiszniew, Poland
(now Belarus)
Political party Mapai (1959–1965)
Rafi (1965–1968)
Labor (1968–2005)
Kadima (2005–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alignment (1965–1991)
Spouse(s) Sonya Gelman (1945–2011)
Children Zvia
Yoni
Chemi
Religion Judaism
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