Profession: Israeli Statesman
Biography: The 9th President of Israel (2007-14), Peres also served twice as Israeli Prime Minister and twice as Interim Prime Minister.
In a political career spanning nearly 70 years, Peres was a member of 12 Israeli cabinets.
With Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Peres was co-awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for the peace talks that led to the Oslo Accords. Peres was the Israeli Foreign Minister at the time.
Born: August 2, 1923
Birthplace: Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Leo
Died: September 28, 2016 (aged 93)
Cause of Death: Stroke
Historical Events
- 1977-04-22 Shimon Peres becomes Acting Prime Minister of Israel
- 1984-09-13 Shimon Peres forms Israeli government with Likud
- 1984-09-13 Shimon Peres becomes the 8th Prime Minister of Israel, succeeding Yitzhak Shamir
- 1986-01-19 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres visits Netherlands
- 1986-07-23 Moroccan King Hassan II meets with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- 1986-09-11 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak receives Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- 1986-10-10 Shimon Peres resigns as Prime Minister of Israel
- 1993-09-13 Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway, signed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas
- 1994-10-14 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres
- 1994-12-10 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat
- 1995-12-12 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres addresses both houses of the US Congress
Benjamin Netanyahu
David Ben-Gurion
Golda Meir
Menachem Begin
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Shamir