Politics · Literature · 1923–2016
Born: 2 August 1923 · Died: 28 September 2016 · Age at death: 93
Shimon Peres died aged 93. He was born on 2 August 1923 and died on 28 September 2016.
Israeli statesman who served as prime minister and president and shared the Nobel Peace Prize for the Oslo Accords
Did you know?In his younger years, he lived on a kibbutz and spent much of his time working as a shepherd while pursuing his political interests.
Shimon Peres served Israel for almost 70 years. He moved from Poland to Palestine as a boy. As a young official he helped build Israel's defence industry and its nuclear programme. He was prime minister twice. As foreign minister he helped negotiate the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize for them in 1994. He became president of Israel at 83 and stayed active into his nineties.
Shimon Peres ( shee-MOHN PERR-ess, -ez; Hebrew: שמעון פרס; born Szymon Perski, Polish:; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 to 2014.
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Israeli statesman, 1923–2016
Shimon Peres was born in Wiszniew, Poland, on 2 August 1923.
He emigrated to Palestine in 1934.
He was prime minister twice.
He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
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Did you know?He served in the Knesset for nearly 50 years.
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