Reuven Rivlin

Reuven Rivlin (born 9 September 1939) was the 10th President of Israel from 2014 until 2021.

Rivlin was born in Jerusalem when it was part of British Mandatory Palestine. Before entering politics he was a lawyer. He was elected to the Jerusalem City Council in 1978. Rivlin worked for El Al Airlines serving on the executive council from 1981 to 1986. He was a member of the Knesset, the parliament of Israel, for many years, elected first in 1988. He was also speaker of the Knesset and minister of Communications of Israel. On 10th of June 2014 he won elections for the post of President of Israel. 

Rivlin was married to Nechama Rivlin and has four children.

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