Yitzhak Navon

Yitzhak Navon
יצחק נבון‎
Navon in 1965
5th President of Israel
In office 29 May 1978 – 5 May 1983
Prime Minister	Menachem Begin
Preceded by	Ephraim Katzir
Succeeded by	Chaim Herzog
Member of the Knesset
In office 13 August 1984 – 13 July 1992
In office 22 November 1965 – 18 April 1978
Personal details
Born	(1921-04-09)9 April 1921 Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Died	6 November 2015(2015-11-06) (aged 94) Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Political party	Alignment
Spouse(s)	Ofira Resnikov ​ ​ (m. 1963; died 1993)​ Miri Shafir ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Profession	Author
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Yitzhak Rachamim Navon (Hebrew: יצחק נבון‎; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015^[1]) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the first Israeli president born in Jerusalem and the first Sephardi Jew to serve in that office.