Shimon Peres
2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016
Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician whose career in public life spanned nearly seven decades. He served twice as prime minister and later as the ninth President of Israel, and held ministerial posts including defence, finance and foreign affairs. He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the Oslo Accords.
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Life events
He was born Szymon Perski in a town then in Poland and now in Belarus.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe family settled in Tel Aviv, and he later studied at the Ben-Shemen agricultural youth village.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIn the post he oversaw arms procurement and Israel's nuclear programme at Dimona.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered parliament with Mapai and served almost continuously until 2007.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe led a national unity government under a rotation agreement with Yitzhak Shamir.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe shared the prize with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the Oslo Accords.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe served until losing the 1996 election to Benjamin Netanyahu.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was elected by the Knesset in 2007 and completed a seven-year term.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died two weeks after suffering a stroke, at the age of 93.
Source: en.wikipedia.org