Biography
Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 to 2014. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for three months out of office in early 2006, served as a member of the Knesset continuously until he was elected president in 2007. Serving in the Knesset for 48 years, Peres is the longest serving member in the Knesset's history. At the time of his retirement from politics in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state and was considered the last link to Israel's founding generation, as well as the last Prime Minister to make aliyah rather than being born on territory that would become Israel.
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Awards & recognition
- Freedom Award · 2015
- Solomon Bublick Award · 2015
- Congressional Gold Medal · 2014
- Global Citizen Awards · 2014
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2012
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- honorary doctor of University College London · 2008
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2008
- Honorary doctor of the Bilkent University · 2007
- Order of the Sun of Peru · 2005
- Golden Plate Award · 2003
- Osgar · 2003
- Planetary Consciousness Prize · 2002
- honorary doctorate of Tours University · 1999
- Honorary doctor of the University of Liège · 1998
- honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala · 1997
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Fear · 1996
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal · 1996
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1994
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize · 1993
- honorary citizen of Ashdod · 1986
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · 1957
- Decoration of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Grand Star of the Decoration — Services to the Republic of Austria
- honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
- honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Order — Merits to Lithuania
- Order of Mono
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
- Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- Order of Stara Planina
- Steiger Award
Filmography9 titles
Iran: The Hundred Year War
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
King Bibi
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus
In Search of Peace
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Persona Non Grata
Rabin, the Last Day
The University