This article is about the President of Israel. For his grandfather, the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland and later of Israel, see Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog.
Isaac Herzog
יצחק הרצוג
Official portrait, 2021
11th President of Israel
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021
Prime Minister
Naftali Bennett
Yair Lapid
Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by
Reuven Rivlin
Leader of the Opposition
In office 25 November 2013 – 31 July 2018
Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by
Shelly Yachimovich
Succeeded by
Tzipi Livni
Minister of Welfare and Social Services
In office 21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by
Ehud Olmert
Succeeded by
Moshe Kahlon
Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism
In office 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
Preceded by
Natan Sharansky
Succeeded by
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
Minister of Tourism
In office 4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
Preceded by
Avraham Hirschson
Succeeded by
Yitzhak Aharonovich
Minister of Housing and Construction
In office 10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005
Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon
Preceded by
Tzipi Livni
Succeeded by
Ze'ev Boim
Member of the Knesset
In office 17 February 2003 – 31 July 2018
Personal details
Born
(1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 63) Tel Aviv, Israel
Political party
Labor
Other political affiliations
Zionist Union (2015–2018)
Spouse
Michal Herzog
Children
3
Parents
Chaim Herzog (father)
Aura Ambache (mother)
Relatives
Herzog family
Alma mater
Cornell University
New York University
University of Tel Aviv
Signature
Military service
Branch/service
Israel Defense Forces
Years of service
1978
Rank
Rav séren (Major)
Unit
Unit 8200
Presidential styles of Isaac Herzog
Reference style
His Excellency, The Honorable כבוד הנשיא
Spoken style
Your Excellency, Honorable President כבוד הנשיא
Alternative style
Mr. President אדוני הנשיא
Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, romanized: Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the 11th president of Israel. He is the first president to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.
Son of former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, he is a lawyer by profession and had served as Government Secretary from 1999 to 2001. He was a member of the Knesset from 2003 to 2018. He has held several ministerial posts between 2005 and 2011, including serving as Minister of Welfare and Social Services from 2007 to 2011 under prime ministers Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Herzog had served as Chairman of the Labor Party and the Zionist Union alliance from 2013 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2018 and was the Labor Party candidate for prime minister during the 2015 Israeli legislative election. Herzog was elected in the 2021 Israeli presidential election and was inaugurated on 7 July 2021. He is the first son of an Israeli president to become president himself.
Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, romanized: Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been...
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק הלוי הרצוג; 3 December 1888 – 25 July 1959), also known as IsaacHerzog or Hertzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland...
died four years later and was buried on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem. His son IsaacHerzog is the incumbent President of Israel, the first father–son pair to serve...
Michal Herzog (Hebrew: מיכל הרצוג; born 15 May 1961) is an Israeli lawyer. Married to IsaacHerzog, the President of Israel since 2021, she is the First...
she was the wife of Chaim Herzog, the sixth President of the State of Israel and mother of the current president, IsaacHerzog. In 1968, she founded the...
Ambache (1924–2022). Michael Herzog (born 1952). IsaacHerzog (born 1960). Married to Michal Afek (born 1962) Yaakov Herzog (1921–1972). Married to Pnina...
other parties will also be part of the alliance. Livni and Labor leader IsaacHerzog initially said that if the alliance were to win enough seats to lead...
state of Israel, while Herzog's victory made him the first child of a former president to be elected president. IsaacHerzog was elected the 11th President...
in the cabinet led by the prime minister. The incumbent president is IsaacHerzog, who took office on 7 July 2021. Presidents are elected by the Knesset...
headed by Leader of the Opposition IsaacHerzog and former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. Both Netanyahu and Herzog began attempts to build a coalition...
although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. IsaacHerzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021. ^ David...
and then later presented news at i24NEWS. In 2021, Israeli president IsaacHerzog appointed him as his international media advisor at the Office of the...
Lapid informed Rivlin that he could form a new government. That day, IsaacHerzog was elected to succeed Rivlin as President. the new government was formed...
president of Israel. The current first lady of Israel is Michal Herzog, wife of President IsaacHerzog. There is no official role or office of the first lady of...
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collaborated with President IsaacHerzog of Israel on the republication of a book originally published in 1927 by President Herzog's great-grandfather, Rabbi...
election as an Independent candidate. She ended up losing the election to IsaacHerzog, 26–87. Peretz was born to Moroccan Jewish parents Yaakov Ohayon and...
June 2 – The 2021 Israeli presidential election is held, and won by IsaacHerzog. In order to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power, Naftali...
children's hair. Kfir's picture was also seen next to Israeli President IsaacHerzog while he spoke at the World Economic Forum that same week. On 19 February...
Narendra Modi, South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol and Israeli president IsaacHerzog. He stood for a photo with European Commission president Ursula von der...
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