Answer the following question: What key details about shimon peres can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: shimon peres -lrb- ; ; born szymon perski ; 2 august 1923 -rrb- is a polish-born israeli statesman . he was the ninth president of israel from 2007 to 2014 . peres served twice as the prime minister of israel and twice as interim prime minister , and he was a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years . peres was elected to the knesset in november 1959 and , except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006 , served continuously until 2007 , when he became president . he held several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after israel 's war of independence . his first high-level government position was as deputy director-general of defense in 1952 , and director-general from 1953 until 1959 . during his career , he has represented five political parties in the knesset : mapai , rafi , the alignment , labor and kadima , and has led alignment and labor . peres won the 1994 nobel peace prize together with yitzhak rabin and yasser arafat for the peace talks that he participated in as israeli foreign minister , producing the oslo accords . peres was nominated in early 2007 by kadima to run in that year 's presidential election , and was elected by the knesset to the presidency on 13 june 2007 and sworn into office on 15 july 2007 for a seven-year term . he is the first former prime minister to be elected president of israel . until his retirement in 2014 , he was the world 's then oldest head of state . in 2008 , peres was honorarily appointed knight grand cross of the order of st michael and st george .
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- president is ezer weizman chaim herzog ephraim katzir- party is mapai -- 1968 -rrb- labor -lrb- 1968 -- 2005 -rrb- kadima -lrb- -lrb- 2005 -- present -rrb- 1959 -- 1965 -rrb- rafi -lrb- 1965- deputy is michael melchior yossi beilin eli dayan- predecessor is moshe ben-ami david levy yitzhak shamir yitzhak rabin moshe dayan moshe katsav nissim ezer weizman yitzhak rabin yitzhak shamir yitzhak rabin shlomo- otherparty is alignment -lrb- 1965 -- 1991 -rrb-- birth date is 2 august 1923- birthname is szymon perski- caption is peres in 2007- spouse is sonya gelman -lrb- 1945 -- 2011 -rrb-- office is 9th of foreign affairs minister of defence minister of finance minister president of transportation of israel prime minister of israel minister- term end is 24 november 1995 -- 22 november 1995 20 october 1986 21 july june 1977 acting 2 november 2002 22 november 1995 23 2014 december 1988 18 june 1996 20 june 1977 15 march 18 1990 10 march 1974 june 1996 acting : 4- name is shimon peres- birth place is wiszniew , poland -lrb- now belarus -rrb-- signature is shimon peres signature.svg- successor is reuven netanyahu ehud barak moshe arens yitzhak mordechai ezer weizman yitzhak rivlin shamir aharon yariv benjamin netanyahu yitzhak shamir menachem begin benjamin- primeminister is ehud shamir yitzhak rabin yitzhak shamir golda meir olmert benjamin netanyahu ariel sharon yitzhak rabin yitzhak- alma mater is the new school new york university harvard university- children is zvia yoni chemi- term start is 15 22 april 1977 7 march 2001 14 july 1992 20 july october 1986 4 november 1995 3 june 1974 22 december 2007 1988 1 september 1970 4 november 1995 13 september 1984- image is shimon peres by david shankbone.jpg