Shimon Peres

His Excellency

Shimon Peres

KBE GCMG
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; 2 August 1923; Wiszniew, Poland
Died	28 September 2016 (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^[1]) was a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He was the President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] Two days later, he was reported as being in a serious but stable condition.^[5] However, on September 26, an examination found damage to his brainstem.^[6] He died on September 28 of complications from the stroke.^[7]^[8]