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Shimon Peres

Politician

Shimon Peres is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Schimon Peres · Shim'on Peres · Shimon Peres · Simón Peresz · Szimon Peres · 20 more...				[sources]
Alias	Peresas Šimonas · Schimon Peres · Shim'on Peres · Shimon Perez · Shimon Pérès · 57 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	პერესი · 佩雷斯 · 西蒙·佩雷斯				[sources]
Birth date	1923-08-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Višnieva				[sources]
Death date	2016-09-28				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Israel				[sources]
Country	Israel				[sources]
Citizenship	Israel				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Shimon				[sources]
Last name	Peres				[sources]
Political association	Israeli Labor Party · Kadima · Mapai · Rafi				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57410				[sources]
Position	Deputy Minister of Defense (1959-1961) · Deputy Minister of Defense (1961-1963) · Deputy Minister of Defense (1963-1964) · Deputy Minister of Defense (1964-1965) · Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (2001-2002) · 17 more...				[sources]
Education	Harvard University · Ironi Alef High School · New York University · The New School · The New School for Social Research				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-09	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Israeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Lauren Bacallová Close Associate	female second cousin · relative	-	-
Yoni Peres Close Associate

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Knesset member	2006-04-17	2007-06-13

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,084

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,304

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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