Shimon Peres
Politician and Country Leader
Alon Pinkas, former aide to Peres, Barak, to be next UN envoy...diplomatic advisor to a series of senior political figures on the Left, including former foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, President Shimon Peres during his term as foreign minister from March 2001 to November 2002 and Defense Minister Ehud... In this article: United Nations, Avigdor Lieberman, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, New York, Civil Service Commission, Shlomo Ben-Ami, and Jerusalem Post |
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Israel's Peres: Chavez, Ahmadinejad will fall
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Israel President Shimon Peres predicts the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too long. Speaking at a forum in Argentina Tuesday, Peres said both Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Venezuela, Argentina, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Iran, Latin America, and Buenos Aires
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JPost.com International | 4 days ago
'Peres won the Nobel Prize for murder'
Article's topics: Shimon Peres, Cristina Kirchner, Argentina, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Despite the warm welcome given to President Shimon Peres by Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Monday night...
In this article: Cristina Kirchner, Nobel Prize, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Iran
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Peres gets beefed-up protection in Brazil
Security has tightened considerably around President Shimon Peres in Sao Paulo following an anti-Peres rally on Thursday by 40 to 60 Palestinians and Lebanese, some of whom held up banners with swastikas and others images of Palestinian...
In this article: Brazil, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Joseph Safra, and El Al
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Peres tries to woo his 'old friend' Abbas
President Shimon Peres, currently on a state visit to Brazil, has appealed yet again to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace negotiations. Photo: GPO In his address to the Brazilian parliament on Tuesday, Peres...
In this article: Brazil, Mahmoud Abbas, Iran, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Latin America, Hamas, UN, and Yitzhak Rabin
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Peres: Brazil needs loud voice against terror
...than two weeks, to raise its voice against the "terror" he accused Tehran of supporting. In an address to Brazilian lawmakers, Shimon Peres said it is vital that the South American nation take a stand against the professed desire of Iran's...
In this article: Brazil, Iran, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Latin America, and Tehran
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Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit
...his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier. Shimon Peres spoke to a crowd of thousands at the square where Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist who...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Yitzhak Rabin, Barack Obama, Oslo, Tel Aviv, United States of America, and Israel
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Shimon Peres GCMG (Hebrew: שמעון פרס, born Szymon Perski on 2 February 1923) is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and once as Acting 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.
Born in Vishneva, in Poland (now Belarus) in 1923, Peres moved with his family to Mandate Palestine in 1934. He held several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after the War for Independence in Israel. 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, Labour and Kadima, and has led Alignment and Labour. Peres won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the peace talks which 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, being elected by the Knesset for the presidency on 13 June 2007 and sworn into office on 15 July 2007 for a seven-year term.
- Birth Date:
- August 02, 1923
- Birthplace:
- Wiszniew, Poland (now Belarus)
- Religion:
- Judaism
- Spouse:
- Sonya Peres
- Political party:
- Title:
- Prime Minister of Israel
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