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Shimon Peres

Israeli politician (1923-2016) -Former President of Israel (2007-2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984-1986, 1995-1996) · Israel · Politicians · Died at 93

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He was Israel's longest-serving parliamentarian - 48 years in the Knesset - and held the unusual trifecta of prime minister, president, and Nobel laureate. By the time he left office in 2014, Peres was the world's oldest head of state and the last Israeli prime minister born outside what became Israel.

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A life in dates

2016Died28 September 20162015Solomon Bublick AwardAward2014Congressional Gold MedalAwardGlobal Citizen AwardsAward2008Honorary Doctor of University College LondonAwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward2007“I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.”In their words26 July 2007As quoted in "Shimon Peres: 'Sanctions on Iran could work'" in Le Figaro (26 July 2007)

President of IsraelOffice2007-20142006“Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.”In their words29 November 2006As quoted in "Israel's Shimon Peres Calls Iran Weak", Comcast (29 November 2006)

“There isn't a single person in Israel who wants to destroy or harm Egypt. In contrast, there's a whole country that openly wants to destroy Israel, and that's Iran.”In their words6 February 2006ArabYnet online chat (6 February 2006)

“The borders will be based on 1967, with the required security modifications. If we take a certain percentage of the Palestinian land, we will compensate them with land.”In their words6 February 2006ArabYnet online chat (6 February 2006)

2005“Optimists and pessimists die the same way. They just live differently. I prefer to live as an optimist.”In their words12 December 2005As quoted in Serving "60 Years to Life", Newsweek Europe (12 December 2005)

Order of the Sun of PeruAward2003OsgarAward2002Planetary Consciousness PrizeAward2001“We reject attempts to create a similarity between the Holocaust and the Armenian allegations. Nothing similar to the Holocaust occurred.”In their words10 April 2001As quoted in "The Holocaust and Armenian Case: Highlighting the Main Differences" by Ibrahim Kaya, in Turkish Weekly (10 April 2001)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, IsraelOffice2001-20021999Honorary Doctorate of Tours UniversityAward1997Honorary Doctorate of the University of AlcalaAward1996Philadelphia Liberty MedalAward1994Nobel Peace PrizeAward1993Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace PrizeAward1992Minister of Foreign Affairs, IsraelOffice1992-19951986Minister of Foreign Affairs, IsraelOffice1986-19881984Prime Minister of IsraelOffice1984-19861974Minister of Defense of IsraelOffice1974-19771970Minister of CommunicationsOffice1970-1974Minister of Transport and Road SafetyOffice1970-19741957Commander of the Legion of HonourAward1923Born2 August 1923

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10 statements, newest first

  1. If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough.

    Sep 1, 2007, As quoted in "Peres: Suspicion over Israeli nukes is good deterrent", Ynetnews (1 September 2007), Own words

  2. I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

    Jul 26, 2007, As quoted in "Shimon Peres: 'Sanctions on Iran could work'" in Le Figaro (26 July 2007), Own words

  3. Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.

    Nov 29, 2006, As quoted in "Israel's Shimon Peres Calls Iran Weak", Comcast (29 November 2006), Own words

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Awards

Freedom Award2015
Solomon Bublick Award2015
Congressional Gold Medal2014
Global Citizen Awards2014
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama2012
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George2008
Honorary Doctor of University College London2008
Honorary doctor of the Bilkent University2007
Order of the Sun of Peru2005
Golden Plate Award2003
Osgar2003
Planetary Consciousness Prize2002
Honorary Doctorate of Tours University1999
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège1998
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Alcala1997
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Fear1996
Philadelphia Liberty Medal1996
Nobel Peace Prize1994
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize1993
Honorary Citizen of Ashdod1986
Commander of the Legion of Honour1957
Steiger Award
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Honorary Doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Order of Stara Planina
Order for Merits to Lithuania
Order of Mono
Legion of Honour
Knight Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania

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Born Szymon Perski in Poland in 1923, he arrived young enough to be shaped by David Ben-Gurion, who spotted his oratorical skill and made him a protégé. He held military and diplomatic posts during the 1948 war, then became deputy director general of defense at 28 and full director by 1953. In 1956 he helped negotiate the Protocol of Sèvres, later praised by Anthony Eden as statesmanship of the highest order; in 1963 he persuaded JFK to sell Hawk missiles to Israel, the first U.S. arms deal of its kind. Elected to the Knesset in 1959, he served across five parties and a dozen cabinets, twice as prime minister. As foreign minister under Rabin in the 1990s, he brokered the Israel-Jordan peace treaty and shared the 1994 Nobel for the Oslo Accords. He served as president from 2007 to 2014, founded the Peres Center for Peace in 1996, and died after a stroke in September 2016.

Country
Israel
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2016 · aged 93

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