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Isaac Herzog

Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, romanized: Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the president of Israel. He is the first president to have been born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence. Son of former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, he is a lawyer by profession and had served as Government Secretary from 1999 to 2001. He was a member of the Knesset from 2003 to 2018. He has held several ministerial posts between 2005 and 2011, including serving as Minister of Welfare and Social Services from 2007 to 2011 under prime ministers Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu. Herzog had served as Chairman of the Labor Party and the Zionist Union alliance from 2013 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2018 and was the Labor Party candidate for prime minister during the 2015 Israeli legislative election. Herzog was elected in the 2021 Israeli presidential election and was inaugurated on 7 July 2021. He is the first son of an Israeli president to become president himself.

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Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon
Preceded by
Tzipi Livni
Succeeded by
Ze'ev Boim
Ministerial positions
Ministerial positions Minister of Welfare and Social ServicesIn office21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011Prime MinisterEhud OlmertBenjamin NetanyahuPreceded byEhud OlmertSucceeded byMoshe KahlonMinister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against AntisemitismIn office21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009Prime MinisterEhud OlmertPreceded byNatan SharanskySucceeded byYuli-Yoel EdelsteinMinister of TourismIn office4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007Prime MinisterEhud OlmertPreceded byAvraham HirschsonSucceeded byYitzhak AharonovichMinister of Housing and ConstructionIn office10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005Prime MinisterAriel SharonPreceded byTzipi LivniSucceeded byZe'ev Boim
Born
(1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 65)Tel Aviv, Israel
Political party
Zionist Union (2015–2018)Israeli Labor Party (until 2024)
Spouse
mw- Michal Herzog (m. 1985)
Children
3
Parents
Chaim Herzog (father)Aura Ambache (mother)
Relatives
Herzog family
Alma mater
Cornell UniversityNew York UniversityTel Aviv University
Branch/service
Israel Defense Forces
Years of service
1978
Rank
Rav séren (Major)
Unit
Unit 8200
Party
Zionist Union (2015–2018)Israeli Labor Party (until 2024)

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Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
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Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
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Leader of the Labor Party 2013–2017
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Succeeded byAvi Gabbay
Position established
Position established
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Position established
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Co-leader of the Zionist Union 2014–2017
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Political offices
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Political offices
Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
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Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
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Leader of the Opposition 2013–2018
Party political offices
Succeeded byTzipi Livni
Preceded byReuven Rivlin
Preceded byReuven Rivlin
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Preceded byReuven Rivlin
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President of Israel 2021–present
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Incumbent
Civic offices
Civic offices
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Preceded byNatan Sharansky
Preceded byNatan Sharansky
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Preceded byNatan Sharansky
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Chairman of the Jewish Agency 2018–2021
Party political offices
TBD
Party political offices
Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
Leader of the Labor Party 2013–2017
Succeeded byAvi Gabbay
Position established
Co-leader of the Zionist Union 2014–2017
Political offices
Preceded byShelly Yachimovich
Leader of the Opposition 2013–2018
Succeeded byTzipi Livni
Preceded byReuven Rivlin
President of Israel 2021–present
Incumbent
Civic offices
Preceded byNatan Sharansky
Chairman of the Jewish Agency 2018–2021
TBD

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