Isaac Herzog facts for kids

Isaac Herzog
Quick facts for kids Isaac Herzog
	Herzog in June 2021
11th President of Israel
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Naftali Bennett
Preceded by	Reuven Rivlin
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 25 November 2013 – 31 July 2018
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Shelly Yachimovich
Succeeded by	Tzipi Livni
Minister of Welfare and Social Services
	In office; 21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert; Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Ehud Olmert
Succeeded by	Moshe Kahlon
Minister of Diaspora, Society and the; Fight Against Antisemitism
	In office; 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert
Preceded by	Natan Sharansky
Succeeded by	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
Minister of Tourism
	In office; 4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert
Preceded by	Avraham Hirschson
Succeeded by	Yitzhak Aharonovich
Minister of Housing and Construction
	In office; 10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005
Prime Minister	Ariel Sharon
Preceded by	Tzipi Livni
Succeeded by	Ze'ev Boim
Personal details
Born	22 September 1960 (age 61); Tel Aviv, Israel
Political party	Labor Party
Other political; affiliations	Zionist Union (2015–2018)
Spouse(s)	Michal Herzog
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Tel Aviv; Cornell University; New York University

This page is about the President of Israel. For his grandfather, the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland and later of Israel, see Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog.

Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג; 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.

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Herzog speaking at the Munich Security Conference, 2015
Herzog in a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, January 2014