Isaac Herzog

Isaac Herzog
יצחק הרצוג
Official portrait, 2021
11th President of Israel
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Naftali Bennett Yair Lapid Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Reuven Rivlin
Leader of the Opposition
In office 25 November 2013 – 31 July 2018
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Shelly Yachimovich
Succeeded by	Tzipi Livni
Minister of Welfare and Social Services
In office 21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Ehud Olmert
Succeeded by	Moshe Kahlon
Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism
In office 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert
Preceded by	Natan Sharansky
Succeeded by	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
Minister of Tourism
In office 4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert
Preceded by	Avraham Hirschson
Succeeded by	Yitzhak Aharonovich
Minister of Housing and Construction
In office 10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005
Prime Minister	Ariel Sharon
Preceded by	Tzipi Livni
Succeeded by	Ze'ev Boim
Member of the Knesset
In office 17 February 2003 – 31 July 2018
Personal details
Born	(1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 63) Tel Aviv, Israel
Political party	Labor
Other political affiliations	Zionist Union (2015–2018)
Spouse	Michal Herzog
Children	3
Parents	Chaim Herzog (father) Aura Ambache (mother)
Relatives	Herzog family
Alma mater	Cornell University New York University University of Tel Aviv
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1978
Rank	Rav séren (Major)
Unit	Unit 8200

Presidential styles of Isaac Herzog
Reference style	His Excellency, The Honorable כבוד הנשיא‎
Spoken style	Your Excellency, Honorable President כבוד הנשיא‎
Alternative style	Mr. President אדוני הנשיא‎

Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, romanized: Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the 11th president of Israel. He is the first president to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.

Son of former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, he is a lawyer by profession and had served as Government Secretary from 1999 to 2001. He was a member of the Knesset from 2003 to 2018. He has held several ministerial posts between 2005 and 2011, including serving as Minister of Welfare and Social Services from 2007 to 2011 under prime ministers Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Herzog had served as Chairman of the Labor Party and the Zionist Union alliance from 2013 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2018 and was the Labor Party candidate for prime minister during the 2015 Israeli legislative election. Herzog was elected in the 2021 Israeli presidential election and was inaugurated on 7 July 2021. He is the first son of an Israeli president to become president himself.