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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Benjamin Netanyahu
בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ
Official portrait, 2023
9th Prime Minister of Israel
Assumed office
29 December 2022
PresidentIsaac Herzog
DeputyYariv Levin
Preceded byYair Lapid
In office
31 March 2009 – 13 June 2021
President
AlternateBenny Gantz (2020–21)
Preceded byEhud Olmert
Succeeded byNaftali Bennett
In office
18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999
PresidentEzer Weizman
Preceded byShimon Peres
Succeeded byEhud Barak
Leader of the Opposition
In office
28 June 2021[1] – 29 December 2022
Prime Minister
  • Naftali Bennett
  • Yair Lapid
Preceded byYair Lapid
Succeeded byYair Lapid
In office
16 January 2006 – 31 March 2009
Prime MinisterEhud Olmert
Preceded byAmir Peretz
Succeeded byTzipi Livni
In office
3 February 1993 – 18 June 1996
Prime Minister
Preceded byYitzhak Shamir
Succeeded byShimon Peres
Chairman of Likud
Assumed office
20 December 2005
Preceded byAriel Sharon
In office
3 February 1993 – 6 July 1999
Preceded byYitzhak Shamir
Succeeded byAriel Sharon
7th Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
In office
1 September 1984 – 1 March 1988
Prime Minister
  • Yitzhak Shamir
  • Shimon Peres
  • Yitzhak Shamir
Preceded byYehuda Blum
Succeeded byYohanan Bein
Ministerial roles
1996–1997Science and Technology
1996–1999Housing and Construction
2002–2003Foreign Affairs
2003–2005Finance
2009–2013
2012–2013Foreign Affairs
2013
Personal details
Born (1949-10-21) 21 October 1949 (age 74)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Political partyLikud
Spouses
Miriam Weizmann
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(m. 1972; div. 1978)​
Fleur Cates
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(m. 1981; div. 1988)​
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(m. 1991)​
Children3, including Yair
Parent
Relatives
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • management consultant
  • marketing executive
  • politician
  • writer
Cabinet
Signature
Websitewww.netanyahu.org.il Edit this at Wikidata
NicknameBibi
Military service
Branch/serviceIsrael Defense Forces
Years of service1967–1973
RankSéren (Captain)
UnitSayeret Matkal
Battles/wars

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (/ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/ NET-ən-YAH-hoo;[2] Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ, romanized: Binyamin Netanyahu, pronounced [binjaˈmin netanˈjahu] ⓘ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021.[3] He is the chairman of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history, having served for a total of over 16 years. He is also the first prime minister to have been born in Israel after its establishment.[4][5]

Born in Tel Aviv to secular Jewish parents, Netanyahu was raised in Jerusalem and in Philadelphia in the United States. He returned to Israel in 1967 to join the Israel Defense Forces. He became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces and took part in several missions, achieving the rank of captain before being honorably discharged. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Netanyahu became an economic consultant for the Boston Consulting Group. He moved back to Israel in 1978 to found the Yonatan Netanyahu Anti-Terror Institute. From 1984 to 1988, Netanyahu was Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. Netanyahu rose to prominence after being elected as the chairman of Likud in 1993, becoming Leader of the Opposition. In the 1996 election, Netanyahu beat Shimon Peres, becoming the first Israeli prime minister elected directly by popular vote, and its youngest-ever. Netanyahu and Likud were heavily defeated in the 1999 election by Ehud Barak's One Israel alliance; and Netanyahu chose to retire from politics entirely, entering the private sector. Netanyahu later returned to politics, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance under Ariel Sharon. During the latter position, he initiated reforms of the Israeli economy that led to significant growth,[6][7] before ultimately resigning over disagreements regarding the Gaza disengagement plan.

Netanyahu returned to the leadership of Likud in December 2005 after Sharon stepped down to form a new party, Kadima.[8] He was the leader of the opposition from 2006 to 2009. After the 2009 election, Netanyahu formed a coalition government with other right-wing parties and was sworn in as prime minister for a second time.[9][10][11] He went on to lead Likud to victory in the 2013 and 2015 elections.[12] A period of political deadlock ensued after three consecutive elections in 2019 and 2020 failed to produce a government, which was solved after a coalition rotation agreement was reached between Netanyahu and centrist Blue and White alliance's Benny Gantz.[13][14] The coalition collapsed in December 2020, before the rotation could take place, and a new election was held in March 2021. In his penultimate government, Netanyahu led Israel's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. In June 2021, after Naftali Bennett formed a government with Yair Lapid, Netanyahu was removed from the premiership, becoming opposition leader for the third time, before returning as prime minister again after forming a coalition with right-wing parties after the 2022 election. Netanyahu and his coalition partners pursued a wide-ranging judicial reform, which was met with a polarized reaction, with opponents holding mass protests across the country over the first nine months of 2023. On 7 October 2023, Israel suffered a large-scale attack by Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups, triggering the Israel–Hamas war. Due to the Israeli government's failure to anticipate the attack, Netanyahu has been heavily criticized by opponents for presiding over Israel's biggest intelligence failure in 50 years,[15][16][17] and mass protests calling for his removal from office have been held.[18][19] Netanyahu's government has additionally faced accusations of genocide during the war,[20][21][22] culminating in the South Africa v. Israel case brought before the International Court of Justice in December 2023.[23][24]

Netanyahu made his closeness to Donald Trump, a personal friend since the 1980s, central to his political appeal in Israel from 2016.[25] During Trump's presidency, the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and brokered the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states. Netanyahu has faced international criticism over his decades-long policy as prime minister of expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, deemed illegal under international law.[26] In 2019, Netanyahu was indicted on charges of breach of trust, bribery, and fraud, following a three-year investigation,[27] due to which he relinquished all his ministerial posts, except for the position of prime minister.[28][29]

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