User:Duesentrieb/Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu | |
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 Netanyahu in 2018 | |
| Prime Minister of Israel | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2009 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Ehud Olmert |
| In office 18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 | |
| President | Ezer Weizman |
| Preceded by | Shimon Peres |
| Succeeded by | Ehud Barak |
| Chairman of Likud | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Ariel Sharon |
| In office 3 February 1993 – 6 July 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Yitzhak Shamir |
| Succeeded by | Ariel Sharon |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1996–97 | Science and Technology |
| 1996–99 | Housing and Construction |
| 2002–03 | Foreign Affairs |
| 2003–05 | Finance |
| 2009–13 | |
| 2012–13 | Foreign Affairs |
| 2013 | |
| 2014–15 | Communications |
| 2015 | Pensioner Affairs |
| 2015–19 | |
| 2018–19 | Defense |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1949 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Political party | Likud |
| Spouses | Miriam Weizmann
(m. 1972; div. 1978)Fleur Cates
(m. 1981; div. 1984) |
| Children | 3, including Yair |
| Parents |
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| Relatives |
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| Residence(s) | Beit Aghion, Jerusalem |
| Alma mater |
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| Cabinet | |
| Signature |  |
| Nickname | Bibi[1] |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Israel Defense Forces |
| Years of service | 1967–73 |
| Rank | Seren (Captain) |
| Unit | Sayeret Matkal |
| Battles/wars | |
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (Hebrew: ⓘ, Arabic: بنيامين نتنياهو; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as a member of the Knesset, the Chairman of the Likud party, Foreign Affairs Minister and Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs. Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state.
Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. He took part in many missions, including Operation Gift (1968) and Operation Isotope (1972), during which he was shot in the shoulder. He fought on the front lines in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, taking part in special forces raids along the Suez Canal, and then leading a commando assault deep into Syrian territory.[2] He achieved the rank of captain before being discharged. Netanyahu served as the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, member of the Likud party, and was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He moved from the political arena to the private sector after being defeated in the 1999 election for Prime Minister by Ehud Barak.
Netanyahu returned to politics in 2002 as Foreign Affairs Minister (2002–2003) and Finance Minister (2003–2005) in Ariel Sharon's governments, but he departed the government over disagreements regarding the Gaza disengagement plan. He retook the Likud leadership in December 2005, after Sharon left to form a new party.[3] In the 2006 election, Likud did poorly, winning 12 seats.[4] In December 2006, Netanyahu became the official Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of Likud. In 2007, he retained the Likud leadership by beating Moshe Feiglin in party elections.[5] Following the 2009 parliamentary election, in which Likud placed second and right-wing parties won a majority,[6] Netanyahu formed a coalition government.[7][8] After the victory in the 2013 elections, he became the second person to be elected to the position of Prime Minister for a third term, after Israel's founder David Ben-Gurion.
Benjamin Netanyahu's older brother, Yonatan Netanyahu, commander of Sayeret Matkal, was killed in 1976 while commanding an Operation Entebbe. The younger brother, Iddo Netanyahu, is a playwright. Their father, Benzion Netanyahu, was a prominent Israeli historian.
In 2005, Benjamin Netanyahu was voted the 18th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[9] In 2012, he was ranked first on the list of the "Most Influential Jews in the World" by The Jerusalem Post.[10][11] In 2012, Netanyahu was listed 23rd on the Forbes magazine's list of "The World's Most Powerful People."[12]
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- ^ אמיר בוחבוט, "סיירת מטכ"ל בת 50"
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- ^ "Netanyahu sworn in as Israel's prime minister". Haaretz. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ Heller, Jeffrey (31 March 2009). "Netanyahu sworn in as Israeli prime minister". Reuters. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (20 June 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Keinon, Herb (25 May 2012). "Netanyahu tops JPost's list of influential Jews". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Spiro, Amy; Marder, Rachel (25 May 2012). "50 most influential Jews in the world: Complete list". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Ewalt, David M.; Howard, Caroline; Noer, Michael (5 December 2012). "The World's Most Powerful People List". Forbes. Retrieved 2 April 2013.