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Bookmark or Share- Shimon Peres | Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Prime Minister & President of ...Shimon Peres (born August 16?, 1923, Wiszniew, Poland [now Vishnyeva, Belarus]; see Researcher’s Note —died September 28, 2016, Ramat Gan, Israel) was a Polish-born Israeli statesman, who served as both prime minister (1984–86 and 1995–96) and president (2007–14) of Israel and as leader of the Israel Labour Party (1977–92, 1995–97, and 2003–05).
- Shimon Peres - WikipediaShimon Peres was born Szymon Perski, on 2 August 1923, [16] in Wiszniew, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus), to Yitzhak (1896–1962) and Sara (1905–1969, née Meltzer) Perski. [7] [17] The family spoke Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian at home, and Peres learned Polish at school. He then learned to speak English and French. [18]
- Shimon Peres, an Enduring Pillar From Israel’s Founding Era, Dies at 93Shimon Peres, one of the last surviving pillars of Israel’s founding generation, who did more than anyone to build up his country’s formidable military might, then worked as hard to establish a...
- Shimon Peres: Israel’s warrior for peace dies | CNNTel Aviv, Israel CNN — Shimon Peres, the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, has died. He served as a constant force for...
- Shimon Peres, former Israeli leader and Nobel laureate, dies at 93Shimon Peres, who led Israel as prime minister and president in an enduring six-decade political career built on promoting peace between Arabs and Jews, died Tuesday while being hospitalized from...
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