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Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin · Avi Ohayon, Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Reuven Rivlin

b. 1939

10th President of Israel (2014–2021)

Born
9 Sept 1939 · Jerusalem
Part ofIsrael1,457 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 100 years
  1. 9 Sept 1939BornBorn in Jerusalem
  2. 1988 – 1992RoleKnesset member
  3. 1996 – 1999RoleKnesset member
  4. 1999RoleKnesset member
  5. 2001 – 2003RoleMinister of Communications
  6. 2003 – 2006RoleKnesset member
  7. 2003 – 2006RoleSpeaker of the Knesset
  8. 2005AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎
  9. 2006 – 2009RoleKnesset member
  10. 2009 – 2013RoleKnesset member
  11. 2009 – 2013RoleSpeaker of the Knesset
  12. 2013 – 2014RoleKnesset member
  13. 2014 – 2021RolePresident of Israel
  14. 2015AwardHonorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
  15. 2016AwardHonorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  16. 2017AwardGolden Key of Madrid

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1939 – today).

  1. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  2. 1939 – 1945World War II
  3. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  4. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  5. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  6. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  7. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  8. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  9. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  10. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  12. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  13. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  15. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  16. 1956Suez Crisis
  17. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  19. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  21. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  23. 1968Prague Spring
  24. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  25. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  26. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  27. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  29. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  30. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  31. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  32. 1985Schengen Agreement
  33. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  34. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  35. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  37. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  38. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  39. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  40. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan

Biography

Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin (Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן "רוּבִי" רִיבְלִין [ʁeʔuˈven ʁivˈlin] ; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the president of Israel between 2014 and 2021. He is a member of the Likud party. Rivlin was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003, and subsequently served as Speaker of the Knesset from 2003 to 2006 and 2009 to 2013. On 10 June 2014, he was elected President of Israel. His term ended on 7 July 2021.

Rivlin argues for a Greater Israel that would embrace all people and give the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza full Israeli citizenship. He is also a strong supporter of minority rights, particularly for Arab Israelis. He supports the one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Text from the Wikipedia article Reuven Rivlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

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