Isaac Herzog

Isaac Herzog
Herzog in January 2014
Date of birth	(1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 56)
Place of birth	Tel Aviv, Israel
Knessets	16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Faction represented in Knesset
2003–present	Labor Party
2015–present	Zionist Union
Ministerial roles
2005	Minister of Housing & Construction
2006–2007	Minister of Tourism
2007–2009	Minister of the Diaspora, Society and the Fight against Antisemitism
2007–2011	Minister of Welfare and Social Services
Other roles
2013–present	Leader of the Opposition

Yitzhak "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג‎; born 22 September 1960), known in English as Isaac Herzog, is an Israeli politician and lawyer.

Since 2003, Herzog has been a member of the Knesset and has held various ministerial posts, including Minister of Welfare and Social Services (2007–11). He is chairman of the Labor Party and has been the opposition leader in the outgoing 19th Knesset. He contested the 2015 legislative election as head of the Zionist Union joint electoral list of Labor and Hatnuah.

Herzog is the son of General Chaim Herzog, who served two terms as the Sixth President of Israel from 1983 to 1993, and Aura Ambache, founder of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1922 to 1935 and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1936 to 1959.

Herzog's father was born in Ireland and his mother was born in Egypt; their families were of Eastern European Jewish descent (from Poland, Russia, and Lithuania). He has two brothers and a sister.