Shimon Peres

His Excellency Shimon Peres KBE GCMG
שמעון פרס
Peres in 1986
9th President of Israel
In office 15 July 2007 – 24 July 2014
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Moshe Katsav
Succeeded by	Reuven Rivlin
8th 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 Defence
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
Member of the Knesset
In office 3 November 1959 – 13 June 2007
Personal details
Born	Szymon Perski (1923-08-02)2 August 1923 Wiszniew, Poland
Died	28 September 2016(2016-09-28) (aged 93) Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
Resting place	Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel
Political party	Mapai (1959–1965) Rafi (1965–1968) Labor (1968–2005) Kadima (2005–2016)
Other political affiliations	Alignment (1965–1991)
Spouse(s)	Sonya Gelman ​ ​ (m. 1945; died 2011)​
Children	Zvia Yoni Chemi
Alma mater	The New School New York University Harvard University
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1994)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Branch/service	Haganah Israeli Defense Forces

Shimon Peres KBE GCMG (Hebrew: שמעון פרס; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He was the President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel. He also served as Interim Prime Minister twice. Peres has been a member of 12 cabinets. His political career spanned over 66 years.

He was one of three leaders who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. The others were Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat. All three got the prizes for trying to make peace in the Middle East.

On September 13, 2016, Peres, aged 93, suffered a severe stroke and was hospitalized in Ramat Gan, Israel. He had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. Two days later, he was reported as being in a serious but stable condition. However, on September 26, an examination found damage to his brainstem. He died on September 28 of complications from the stroke.

His cousin was the American Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall. Their fathers were brothers.

More reading

• Shimon Peres The Biography (2006), Michael Bar-Zohar

Other websites

• Official Israeli Presidency website Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine