Shimon Peres

{{Audio|He-Shimon_Peres.ogg|Shimon Peres}} (Hebrew ????????? ??????) (born August 21, 1923), an Israeli politician, is the head of the Israeli Labour Party and served as 8th Prime Minister of Israel from 1984-1986 and 1995-1996 and Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel from 2001-2002, and became Vice Premier in a coalition under Ariel Sharon at the start of 2005. In 1994 Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, for their efforts towards peace which culminated in the Oslo Accords.

Family life

Shimon Peres is married to Sonya (nee Gelman), and has a daughter, Tzvia (Tziki) Walden-Peres, a linguist, and two sons, Yoni (born 1952) and Chemi, chairman of

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Pitango Venture Capital, one of Israel?s largest venture capital funds.

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Peres is the first cousin of actress Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske).

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