President Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres(שמעון פרס) was an Israeli statesman and political leader who served as the ninth President of the State of Israel from July 2007 until July 2014. Peres was a career diplomat, having also served two non-consecutive terms as the Israeli Prime Minister and three non-consecutive terms as the Foreign Minister of Israel. Born in Wiszniew, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus), Peres moved to the then-British Mandate Palestine in 1934. During his long career Peres focused on peace and security, he created the Peres Center for Peace which aimed towards joint Arab-Israeli ventures and was in charge of the negotiations that led about the Oslo Accords, for which he received a Nobel Peace Prize.