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Chaim Herzog

1918 - 1997

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Chaim Herzog (Hebrew: חיים הרצוג‎; 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as the president of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt. He returned to Palestine after the war and, following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He retired from the Israel Defence Forces in 1962 with the rank of major-general. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chaim Herzog is the 21st most popular diplomat (down from 16th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 345th in 2019) and the most popular British Diplomat.

Chaim Herzog was the sixth president of Israel, and the first to be born in the country. He was also the first Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. Herzog is best known for his memoirs, which he published in 1972.

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Among diplomats, Chaim Herzog ranks 21 out of 90. Before him are Mohamed ElBaradei, Madeleine Albright, Lucien Bonaparte, Alva Myrdal, Folke Bernadotte, and Jean Kennedy Smith. After him are Chiune Sugihara, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, George F. Kennan, and William J. Burns.

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Among people born in 1918, Chaim Herzog ranks 35. Before him are Billy Graham, Paul D. Boyer, Gunnar Sønsteby, Derek Barton, Frederick Reines, and Muriel Spark. After him are Rosalia Lombardo, Arthur Kornberg, Choi Hong Hi, Franco Modigliani, Julian Schwinger, and Mike Wallace. Among people deceased in 1997, Chaim Herzog ranks 37. Before him are Edward Mills Purcell, Alfred Hershey, Allen Ginsberg, Aldo Rossi, Helenio Herrera, and John Eccles. After him are Dora Maar, Chien-Shiung Wu, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Dodi Fayed, Zoltán Czibor, and Otto Ernst Remer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chaim Herzog ranks 673 out of 8,785. Before him are Bruce Dickinson (1958), Gordon Banks (1937), John Ross (1777), Thomas Bayes (1702), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), and James Francis Edward Stuart (1688). After him are Hugh Laurie (1959), Diana Rigg (1938), Robert Burton (1577), David Hockney (1937), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United Kingdom

Among diplomats born in United Kingdom, Chaim Herzog ranks 1. After him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), and Seán Lester (1888).

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