Isaac Herzog

His Excellency Isaac Herzog
Official portrait, 2021
11th President of Israel
Incumbent
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	(1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 63) Tel Aviv, Israel
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.