Isaac Herzog

President of Israel

22 September 1960 Tel Aviv, Israel

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Incumbent

Israeli politician 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 HerzogHerzog in June 202111th President of IsraelIncumbentAssumed office 7 July 2021Prime Minister Naftali BennettPreceded by Reuven RivlinLeader of the OppositionIn office 25 November 2013 – 31 July 2018Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuPreceded by Shelly YachimovichSucceeded by Tzipi LivniMinister of Welfare and Social ServicesIn office 21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Benjamin NetanyahuPreceded by Ehud OlmertSucceeded by Moshe KahlonMinister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against AntisemitismIn office 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009Prime Minister Ehud OlmertPreceded by Natan SharanskySucceeded by Yuli-Yoel EdelsteinMinister of TourismIn office 4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007Prime Minister Ehud OlmertPreceded by Avraham HirschsonSucceeded by Yitzhak AharonovichMinister of Housing and ConstructionIn office 10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005Prime Minister Ariel SharonPreceded by Tzipi LivniSucceeded by Ze'ev Boim Personal detailsBorn (1960-09-22 ) 22 September 1960 (age 60) Tel Aviv, IsraelPolitical partyLabor PartyOther political affiliationsZionist Union (2015–2018) Spouse(s)Michal HerzogChildren3RelativesChaim Herzog (father)Alma materUniversity of Tel Aviv Cornell University New York University Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג ‎, romanized: Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician serving as the president of Israel since 7 July 2021. The son of former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, he is a lawyer by profession and served as the Government Secretary from 1999 and 2001. He was a member of the Knesset from 2003 to 2018. He 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. He served as chairman of the Labor Party and the Zionist Union alliance from 2013 and 2017. He served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2018 and was the Labor Party candidate for prime minister during the 2015 elections. He was elected in the 2021 Israeli presidential election and was inaugurated on 7 July 2021. The first son of a president to become president himself and the first Israeli president to be born a citizen of the country.