Isaac Herzog | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
11th President of Israel | |
Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Naftali Bennett Yair Lapid Benjamin Netanyahu (designate) |
Preceded by | Reuven Rivlin |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 25 November 2013 – 31 July 2018 | |
Preceded by | Shelly Yachimovich |
Succeeded by | Tzipi Livni |
Minister of Welfare and Social Services | |
In office 21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu |
Preceded by | Ehud Olmert |
Succeeded by | Moshe Kahlon |
Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism | |
In office 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Ehud Olmert |
Preceded by | Natan Sharansky |
Succeeded by | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein |
Minister of Tourism | |
In office 4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Ehud Olmert |
Preceded by | Avraham Hirschson |
Succeeded by | Yitzhak Aharonovich |
Minister of Housing and Construction | |
In office 10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Ariel Sharon |
Preceded by | Tzipi Livni |
Succeeded by | Ze'ev Boim |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2003–2015 | Labor Party |
2015–2018 | Zionist Union |
Other roles | |
2018–2021 | Chairman of the Jewish Agency |
Personal details | |
Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | 22 September 1960
Spouse(s) | Michal Herzog |
Relatives | Chaim Herzog (father) |
Isaac Herzog, Hebrew: יצחק הרצוג , sometimes known as Yitzhak Herzog, (born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician of HaAvoda (Labor Party). Herzog has been the President of Israel since 2021. He is the first Israeli president born after the establishment of the state of Israel. He is also the first son of an Israeli president to become president himself. From 2018 until 2021, he was chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Herzog was a member of Knesset, the Israeli parliament from 2003 until 2018. From 2013 until 2018, he was the Leader of the Opposition. He was born in Tel Aviv.