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Moshe Katsav

1945 - Today

Moshe Katsav

Moshe Katsav (Hebrew: משה קצב; born Musa Qassab; Persian: موسى قصاب; 5 December 1945) is an Israeli former politician who was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the first Mizrahi Jew to be elected to the presidency, and second non-Ashkenazi president after Yitzhak Navon. He is also the only ex-Israeli president to have been convicted of a crime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moshe Katsav is the 1,624th most popular politician (down from 1,285th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Iran and the 29th most popular Iranian Politician.

Moshe Katsav was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was convicted of rape and other sexual offenses in 2007 and sentenced to seven years in prison.

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Among politicians, Moshe Katsav ranks 1,624 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles XI of Sweden, Yang Guifei, Francis, Duke of Guise, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Reuven Rivlin, and Pepin the Hunchback. After him are Emperor Kōkaku, Horst Köhler, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Xianfeng Emperor, Publius Clodius Pulcher, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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Charles XI of Sweden
1655 - 1697
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 1,619
Yang Guifei
719 - 756
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 1,620
Francis, Duke of Guise
1519 - 1563
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 1,621
Dionysius I of Syracuse
430 BC - 366 BC
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 1,622
Reuven Rivlin
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 1,623
Pepin the Hunchback
770 - 811
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 1,624
Moshe Katsav
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 1,625
Emperor Kōkaku
1771 - 1840
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 1,626
Horst Köhler
1943 - 2025
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 1,627
Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
1746 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 1,628
Xianfeng Emperor
1831 - 1861
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 1,629
Publius Clodius Pulcher
90 BC - 52 BC
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 1,630
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 1,631

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Moshe Katsav ranks 38. Before him are Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Ian Gillan, John Lithgow, Ehud Olmert, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Abdelmadjid Tebboune. After him are Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Dusty Rhodes, Mircea Lucescu, Divine, Anselm Kiefer, and Mia Farrow.

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Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 32
Ian Gillan
SINGER
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 33
John Lithgow
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 34
Ehud Olmert
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 35
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 36
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 37
Moshe Katsav
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 38
Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 39
Dusty Rhodes
WRESTLER
1945 - 2015
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 40
Mircea Lucescu
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 41
Divine
ACTOR
1945 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 42
Anselm Kiefer
PAINTER
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 43
Mia Farrow
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 44