Ezer Weizman

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Ezer Weizman About this sound listen (Hebrew: עזר ויצמן‎ 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was the seventh President of Israel first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Minister of Defense.

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active years end date

1980-05-28, 2000-07-13

active years start date

1977-06-20, 1993-05-13

birth date

1924-06-15

birth name

Ezer Weizmann

birth place

Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine, Israel

death date

2005-04-24

death place

Caesarea, Israel

nationality

Israel

office

Minister of Defense

order in office

7th, President of Israel

party

Israeli Labor Party

prime minister

Menachem Begin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak

religion

Judaism

successor

Menachem Begin, Moshe Katsav