Shimon Peres
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Shimon Peres (1923â2016) was the Prime Minister of Israel and the ninth President of Israel, a role that is more ceremonial than its United States equivalent. He has had a long history in Israeli politics and shared the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Oslo Accords in 1994. Unfortunately, that early promise for peace never materialized.
| Shimon Peres | |
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| Term of office November 4, 1995 - June 18, 1996 | |
| Political party | Labour Party (Israel) |
| Preceded by | Yitzhak Shamir |
| Succeeded by | Yitzhak Shamir |
| Term of office September 13, 1984 - October 20, 1986 | |
| Born | August 2, 1923 Vishnyeva, Poland |
| Died | September 28, 2016 Tel Aviv |
Peres is known for praising Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as âIsraelâs hope for peaceâ and refused to condemn his new yearâs speech in which Nazi collaborator Mohammed Amin Al-Husseini was lauded.[1]
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