Shimon Peres

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Shimon Peres was an Israeli statesman who served as both prime minister and president of Israel and was a key architect of the Oslo Accords, earning him the Nobel Peace Prize.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli politician
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
defense minister
foreign minister
human
president of Israel
prime minister of Israel
statesman
awardReceived Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Nobel Peace Prize
Presidential Medal of Freedom
birthName Szymon Perski
burialPlace Mount Herzl, Jerusalem
causeOfDeath stroke
citizenship Israel
countryOfBirth Poland
dateOfBirth 1923-08-02
dateOfDeath 2016-09-28
describedBy Israeli statesman who served as both prime minister and president of Israel and was a key architect of the Oslo Accords, earning him the Nobel Peace Prize
ethnicGroup Jews
familyName Peres
foundedOrganization Peres Center for Peace
fullName Shimon Peres
givenName Shimon
hasSignature Shimon Peres signature image
heldPosition Deputy Minister of Defense of Israel
Minister of Defense of Israel
Minister of Finance of Israel
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
President of Israel
Prime Minister of Israel
keyRole development of Israel's defense industry
languageSpoken English
Hebrew
Polish
memberOfPoliticalParty Alignment
Israeli Labor Party
Kadima
Mapai
movedToMandatoryPalestine 1934
NobelPrizeCategory Peace
NobelPrizeSharedWith Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Rabin
NobelPrizeYear 1994
notableWork Oslo Accords
numberOfChildren 3
occupation author
diplomat
politician
placeOfBirth Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic
placeOfDeath Ramat Gan, Israel
precededByAsPresident Moshe Katsav
precededByAsPrimeMinister Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Shamir
religion Judaism
roleInEvent key architect of the Oslo Accords
servedInOrganization Haganah
Israel Defense Forces
spouse Sonya Peres
succeededByAsPresident Reuven Rivlin
succeededByAsPrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu
Yitzhak Shamir
termEndAsPresident 2014-07-24
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1986-10-20
1996-06-18
termStartAsPresident 2007-07-15
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1984-09-13
1995-11-04


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