Reuven Rivlin

Reuven Rivlin
רְאוּבֵן רִיבְלִין
Official portrait, 2014
10th President of Israel
In office
24 July 2014 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
Naftali Bennett
Preceded byShimon Peres
Succeeded byIsaac Herzog
14th Speaker of the Knesset
In office
10 March 2009 – 22 February 2013
PresidentShimon Peres
Prime MinisterEhud Olmert
Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded byDalia Itzik
Succeeded byYuli-Yoel Edelstein
In office
28 February 2003 – 28 March 2006
PresidentMoshe Katsav
Prime MinisterAriel Sharon
Preceded byAvraham Burg
Succeeded byDalia Itzik
Minister of Communications
In office
7 March 2001 – 28 February 2003
Prime MinisterAriel Sharon
Preceded byBinyamin Ben-Eliezer
Succeeded byAriel Sharon
Member of the Knesset
In office
21 November 1988 (1988-11-21) – 13 July 1992 (1992-07-13)
In office
1 September 1996 (1996-09-01) – 11 June 2014 (2014-06-11)
Personal details
Born (1939-09-09) 9 September 1939 (age 85)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Political partyLikud
Spouse
(m. 1971; died 2019)
Children4
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem
Signature
Presidential styles of
Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin
Reference styleHis Excellency, The Honorable
כבוד הנשיא
Spoken styleYour Excellency, Honorable President
כבוד הנשיא
Alternative styleMr. President
אדוני הנשיא

Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin (Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן "רוּבִי" רִיבְלִין [ʁeʔuˈven ʁivˈlin] ; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the tenth president of Israel between 2014 and 2021. He is a member of the Likud party. Rivlin was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003, and subsequently served as Speaker of the Knesset from 2003 to 2006 and 2009 to 2013. On 10 June 2014, he was elected President of Israel.[1] His term ended on 7 July 2021.

Rivlin argues for a Greater Israel that would embrace all people and give the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza full Israeli citizenship.[2] He is also a strong supporter of minority rights, particularly for Arab Israelis.[3][4] He supports the one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

  1. ^ דרוקמן, ירון (10 June 2014). "ynet מבית"ר ירושלים לבית הנשיא: מי אתה רובי ריבלין? - חדשות". Ynet. Ynet.co.il. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Israel's democracy: Under siege too". The Economist. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Greek Patriarch praises Rivlin for defending minorities and condemning violence". Jerusalem Post. 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Arab minority is invisible to Israeli Jews, president says". Times of Israel. 8 February 2015.