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Chaim Herzog

1918 - 1997

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Major-General Chaim Herzog (Hebrew: חיים הרצוג‎; 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Israeli politician, general, lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt. He returned to Palestine after the war and, following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaim Herzog has received more than 807,283 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Chaim Herzog is the 21st most popular diplomat (up from 22nd in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 757th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Diplomat.

Chaim Herzog was the sixth president of Israel, and the first to be born in the country. He was also the first Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. Herzog is best known for his memoirs, which he published in 1972.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Chaim Herzog ranks 21 out of 52. Before him are Mohamed ElBaradei, John R. Bolton, Alva Myrdal, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Chiune Sugihara, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. After him are George F. Kennan, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, George Blake, and Irina Bokova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Chaim Herzog ranks 23. Before him are Alberto Ascari, Katherine Johnson, Jørn Utzon, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, William Holden, and Billy Graham. After him are Rosalia Lombardo, Franco Modigliani, W. Eugene Smith, Frederick Reines, Maurice Druon, and James Tobin. Among people deceased in 1997, Chaim Herzog ranks 30. Before him are Roy Lichtenstein, Bảo Đại, Fred Zinnemann, Aldo Rossi, Dora Maar, and Burgess Meredith. After him are Willem de Kooning, Edward Mills Purcell, Clyde Tombaugh, Otto Ernst Remer, Helenio Herrera, and Zoltán Czibor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chaim Herzog ranks 537 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Richard Griffiths (1947), Raymond Cattell (1905), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), James III of Scotland (1451), and Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836). After him are Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Thomas Hardy (1840), Tony Buzan (1942), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), and Annie Lennox (1954).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United Kingdom

Among diplomats born in United Kingdom, Chaim Herzog ranks 2. Before him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784). After him are Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), and Seán Lester (1888).

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