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Major-General Chaim Herzog (Hebrew: חיים הרצוג ; 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Israeli politician, general, lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993.
Chaim Herzog was an Irish-born Israeli politician, soldier, lawyer, and author. He was an eloquent and passionate spokesman for the Zionist cause and was instrumental in the development of Israel, both as a soldier and as the country’s second longest-serving president (1983–93; after Itzhak Ben-Zvi.
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Mar 20, 2018 · Irishman Chaim Herzog rose through the military to become a United Nations ambassador and president of Israel. He was a man of contradictions, once tearing up a UN resolution on Zionism, and...
Sixth President of Israel. (17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) (11 Tishrei 5679 – 10 Nissan 5757) Chaim Herzog was born in Belfast, a part of the United Kingdom of Britain and later the capital of Northern Ireland. He was the eldest son to Rabbi Isaac Halevy Herzog and his wife, Sarah (née Hillman).
Chaim Herzog ( Hebrew: חיים הרצוג) (September 17, 1918 – April 17, 1997) was the sixth president of Israel. He was born in North Belfast in Northern Ireland, to Yitzhak Halevi and Sarah Herzog. Yitzhak Halevi Herzog was Chief Rabbi of Ireland and later Chief Rabbi of Palestine and of Israel.
Chaim Herzog served as Israel's Ambassador to the UN from 1975-1978, where he argued against the U.N. resolution equating Zionism with racism. He was elected to the Knesset on the Labor ticket in 1981, serving until 1983.
Mar 29, 2001 · Chaim Herzog. Israel’s sixth president, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Member of the Knesset and an outstanding figure in Modern Jewish history. Chaim Herzog – diplomat, soldier and scholar, politician and journalist, lawyer and legislator – was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1918.
