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Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
Chaim Azriel Weizmann (/ ˈ k aɪ m ˈ w aɪ t s m ə n / KYME WYTE-smən; [a] 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel.
The first president with a Western European background was Chaim Herzog, who originally came from Belfast, United Kingdom. The first president with a Mizrahi background was Moshe Katsav, who was born in Iran. [citation needed] The first president to be born in the modern state after Israel's declaration of independence is Isaac Herzog. He is ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. David Ben-Gurion דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן Ben-Gurion in 1960 1st Prime Minister of Israel In office 3 November 1955 – 26 June 1963 President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Zalman Shazar Preceded by Moshe Sharett Succeeded by Levi Eshkol In office 17 May 1948 – 7 December 1953 ...
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel late on Saturday on his first trip to the Middle East, after a widely condemned proposal by President Donald Trump to displace ...
Indirect presidential elections were held in Israel on 16 February 1949 to elect the first president of the State of Israel. The president was elected by the 120 members of the Knesset and would replace the president of the Provisional State Council as head of state. [1]
Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza — the first time the group has released deceased captives since October 7, 2023. ... Israeli President Isaac Herzog ...
Israel and Hamas have yet to negotiate the second and more difficult phase of the ceasefire, and the first ends in early March. Palestinians and Arab countries have universally rejected U.S ...