Shimon Peres was one of Israel’s longest-serving and most distinguished politicians. He was the first person to have served as both Prime Minister and President of the Jewish State. Peres was born on August 2, 1923, in Wieniawa, Poland (now Vishniev in Belarus), and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his family at the age of eleven. More @Wikipedia
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