The Presidency of Shimon Peres, the ninth President of Israel, began after the 2007 Israeli presidential election on 13 June 2007 in which Peres defeated Reuven Rivlin and Colette Avital.[1] Peres was sworn in as President on 15 July 2007.[2] and served until Reuven Rivlin was sworn in as his successor on 24 July 2014.[3]
At the age of 90, Peres was the world's oldest head of state.[when?]
Peres with Condoleezza Rice at the President's House in Jerusalem, 2007
^"Peres elected Israel's president". BBC News. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
^Jim Teeple, "Shimon Peres Sworn In as Israel's President" Archived 15 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, VOA News, 15 July 2007.
^Arens, Moshe (10 June 2014). "Reuven Rivlin is elected Israel's 10th president - National - Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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