Reuven Rivlin
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The Honorable Reuven Rivlin |
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| 10th President of Israel | |
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Assumed office 24 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Preceded by | Shimon Peres |
| Speaker of the Knesset | |
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In office 10 March 2009 – 22 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Dalia Itzik |
| Succeeded by | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein |
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In office 28 February 2003 – 28 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Avraham Burg |
| Succeeded by | Dalia Itzik |
| Minister of Communications | |
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In office 7 March 2001 – 28 February 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Ariel Sharon |
| Preceded by | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer |
| Succeeded by | Ariel Sharon |
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9 September 1939 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Political party | Likud |
| Spouse(s) | Nechama Rivlin |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Religion | Jewish |
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Presidential styles of Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin |
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| Reference style | Honorable President כבוד הנשיא |
| Spoken style | Honorable President כבוד הנשיא |
| Alternative style | Mister President אדוני הנשיא |
Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin (Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן "רוּבִי" רִיבְלִין, [ʁeʔuˈven ʁivˈlin]; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has been President of Israel since 2014. He is a member of the Likud party. Rivlin was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003 and subsequently served as Speaker of the Knesset from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2009 to 2013. On 10 June 2014, he was elected President of Israel.
Rivlin is known as a hardliner who argues for a Greater Israel that would embrace all people and give the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza full Israeli citizenship. He is also a strong supporter of minority rights, particularly for Arab citizens of Israel. He supports the one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rivlin is fluent in Arabic.
Reuven Rivlin was born in Mandatory Palestine to the Rivlin family, descendant of students of the Vilna Gaon, the son of Rachel "Ray" Rivlin and Yosef Yoel Rivlin, who created the first Hebrew edition of the Koran and who was a candidate for third president of Israel. The Rivlin family has lived in Jerusalem since 1809.
Rivlin attended Gymnasia Rehavia high school and served in the Intelligence Corps of the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six Day War, he fought with the Jerusalem Brigade and accompanied the Paratroopers Brigade as an intelligence officer. After military service he studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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