Aura Herzog

Aura Herzog
אורה הרצוג
Portrait of Aura Herzog
First Lady of Israel
In role
5 May 1983 – 13 May 1993
PresidentChaim Herzog
Preceded byOfira Navon
Succeeded byReuma Weizman
Personal details
Born(1924-12-24)24 December 1924
Ismailia, Egypt
Died10 January 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 97)
Resting placeMount Herzl, Jerusalem
Spouse
(m. 1947; died 1997)
Children4, including Isaac

Aura Herzog (Hebrew: אורה הרצוג (née Ambache, 24 December 1924 – 10 January 2022) was an Israeli social and environmental activist, who served as the First Lady of Israel from 1983 to 1993;[1] she was the wife of Chaim Herzog, the sixth President of the State of Israel and mother of the current president, Isaac Herzog.[1] In 1968, she founded the Council for a Beautiful Israel.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Former first lady of Israel Aura Herzog dies at 97". i24NEWS. 10 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (25 April 2012). "All in the Family". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 September 2017.