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Shimon Peres

1923 - 2016

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Shimon Peres ( shee-MOHN PERR-ess, -⁠ez; Hebrew: שמעון פרס [ʃiˌmon ˈpeʁes] ; born Szymon Perski, Polish: [ˈʂɨmɔn ˈpɛrskʲi]; 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. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for three months out of office in early 2006, served as a member of the Knesset continuously until he was elected president in 2007. Serving in the Knesset for 48 years (with the first uninterrupted stretch lasting more than 46 years), Peres is the longest serving member in the Knesset's history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shimon Peres is the 368th most popular politician (down from 154th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Belarus (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Politician.

Shimon Peres was the ninth Prime Minister of Israel and a statesman who served in various roles for six decades. He was elected to the Knesset in 1959, and in 1977, became the country's youngest ever Prime Minister. He served as Prime Minister again from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996. In 2007, he won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin.

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Among politicians, Shimon Peres ranks 368 out of 19,576. Before him are Nerva, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis II of Hungary, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Aemilianus, and Osman II. After him are Edgar the Peaceful, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Catherine I of Russia, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

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Among people born in 1923, Shimon Peres ranks 4. Before him are Henry Kissinger, Maria Callas, and Lee Kuan Yew. After him are Philip Warren Anderson, Wisława Szymborska, Idi Amin, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Heydar Aliyev, Charlton Heston, Joseph Heller, and Wojciech Jaruzelski. Among people deceased in 2016, Shimon Peres ranks 8. Before him are Fidel Castro, Johan Cruyff, Umberto Eco, Bhumibol Adulyadej, John Glenn, and Bud Spencer. After him are David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Debbie Reynolds, Alan Rickman, Zaha Hadid, and Imre Kertész.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Shimon Peres ranks 2 out of 368. Before him are Marc Chagall (1887). After him are Lev Vygotsky (1896), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Shimon Peres ranks 1. After him are Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Zalman Shazar (1889), Isser Harel (1912), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), and Mstislav I of Kiev (1076).

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