Isaac Herzog

**Isaac Herzog**, Hebrew: יצחק הרצוג , sometimes known as **Yitzhak Herzog**, (born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who is the 11th president of Israel since 2021. He is the first president to have been born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.

## Knesset member

Herzog was a Member of Knesset from 2003 until June 2018. From 2013 till July 2017 he was leader of HaAvoda. From 2015 till July 2017 he was also leader of HaMahaneh HaTziyoni ("The Zionist Union"), together with Tzipi Livni of HaTnu'a (still leading). Because the new HaAvoda leader Avi Gabbay is not a Knesset member, Herzog continued leading the Knesset as Leader of the Opposition.

He has held several government positions:
- Minister of Housing and Construction in 2005
- Minister of Tourism in 2006-2007
- Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight against Antisemitism in 2007-2009
- Minister of Welfare and Social Services in 2007-2011

In June 2018, Herzog was unanimously elected chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, for which he left the Knesset and Israeli politics

## Presidency

In May 2021, Herzog announced his candidacy for President of Israel for the 2021 election. He was elected president on 2 June 2021, defeating educator Miriam Peretz. He took office on 7 July 2021.

## Personal life

Herzog is the son of former president of Israel Chaim Herzog and social activist Aura Ambache.

He studied law at Tel Aviv University and worked as a lawyer at Herzog, Fox & Ne'eman, where his father was one of the founders.

## Other websites

- Yitzhak Herzog, biography at the Knesset website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: His Excellency
- **name**: Isaac Herzog
- **image**: Isaac Herzog, July 2021 (D1233-049).JPG
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2021
- **birth place**: Tel Aviv, Israel
- **office1**: 11th President of Israel
- **term start1**: 7 July 2021
- **primeminister1**: Naftali Bennett
Yair Lapid
Benjamin Netanyahu (designate)
- **predecessor1**: Reuven Rivlin
- **office2**: Leader of the Opposition (Israel), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start2**: 25 November 2013
- **term end2**: 31 July 2018
- **predecessor2**: Shelly Yachimovich
- **successor2**: Tzipi Livni
- **office3**: Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services, Minister of Welfare and Social Services
- **term start3**: 21 March 2007
- **term end3**: 17 January 2011
- **primeminister3**: Ehud Olmert
Benjamin Netanyahu
- **predecessor3**: Ehud Olmert
- **successor3**: Moshe Kahlon
- **office4**: Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, Minister of Diaspora, Society and the
 Fight Against Antisemitism
- **term start4**: 21 March 2007
- **term end4**: 31 March 2009
- **primeminister4**: Ehud Olmert
- **predecessor4**: Natan Sharansky
- **successor4**: Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
- **office5**: Ministry of Tourism (Israel), Minister of Tourism
- **term start5**: 4 May 2006
- **term end5**: 21 March 2007
- **primeminister5**: Ehud Olmert
- **predecessor5**: Avraham Hirschson
- **successor5**: Yitzhak Aharonovich
- **office6**: Ministry of Construction (Israel), Minister of Housing and Construction
- **term start6**: 10 January 2005
- **term end6**: 23 November 2005
- **primeminister6**: Ariel Sharon
- **predecessor6**: Tzipi Livni
- **successor6**: Ze'ev Boim
- **office7**: Faction represented in the Knesset
- **suboffice7**: Israeli Labor Party, Labor Party
- **subterm7**: 2003–2015
- **suboffice8**: Zionist Union
- **subterm8**: 2015–2018
- **office9**: Other roles
- **suboffice9**: Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Agency
- **subterm9**: 2018–2021
- **spouse**: Michal Herzog
- **relatives**: Chaim Herzog (father)