Reuven Rivlin

Reuven Rivlin
רְאוּבֵן "רוּבִי" רִיבְלִין
Official portrait, 2014
10th President of Israel
In office 24 July 2014 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu Naftali Bennett
Preceded by	Shimon Peres
Succeeded by	Isaac Herzog
14th Speaker of the Knesset
In office 10 March 2009 – 22 February 2013
President	Shimon Peres
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Dalia Itzik
Succeeded by	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
In office 28 February 2003 – 28 March 2006
President	Moshe Katsav
Prime Minister	Ariel Sharon
Preceded by	Avraham Burg
Succeeded by	Dalia Itzik
Minister of Communications
In office 7 March 2001 – 28 February 2003
Prime Minister	Ariel Sharon
Preceded by	Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Succeeded by	Ariel Sharon
Member of the Knesset
In office 21 November 1988 (1988-11-21) – 13 July 1992 (1992-07-13)
In office 1 September 1996 (1996-09-01) – 11 June 2014 (2014-06-11)
Personal details
Born	(1939-09-09) 9 September 1939 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Political party	Likud
Spouse(s)	Nechama Rivlin (m. 1971; died 2019)
Children	4
Education	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Signature

Presidential styles of Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin
Reference style	His Excellency, The Honorable כבוד הנשיא
Spoken style	Your Excellency, Honorable President כבוד הנשיא
Alternative style	Mr. President אדוני הנשיא

Reuven Rivlin (born 9 September 1939) was the 10th President of Israel from 2014 until 2021.

Rivlin was born in Jerusalem when it was part of British Mandatory Palestine. Before entering politics he was a lawyer. He was elected to the Jerusalem City Council in 1978. Rivlin worked for El Al Airlines serving on the executive council from 1981 to 1986. He was a member of the Knesset, the parliament of Israel, for many years, elected first in 1988. He was also speaker of the Knesset and minister of Communications of Israel. On 10th of June 2014 he won elections for the post of President of Israel.

Rivlin was married to Nechama Rivlin and has four children.