Isaac Herzog

Isaac Herzog was born in 1960 in Tel Aviv

Isaac Herzog was born in Tel Aviv in 1960, the son of Chaim Herzog, later president of Israel, and Aura Herzog, founder of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. His grandfather was Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. He is known by the nickname Buji, given to him by his mother.

He grew up in Tzahala and studied at the Ramaz School in New York while his father was Israel's ambassador to the United Nations. He also took academic studies at Cornell University and New York University. He earned a law degree from Tel Aviv University.

After returning to Israel at the end of 1978, he served as an officer in Unit 8200 of the Intelligence Corps. He reached the rank of major in the reserves.

He was a partner at the law firm Herzog, Fox and Ne'eman, cofounded by his father. He was Cabinet Secretary from 1999 to 2001 and a Labor member of the Knesset from 2003 to 2018. He served as minister of housing, tourism, and welfare and social services.

He led the Labor Party from 2013 and served as Leader of the Opposition, heading the Zionist Union with Tzipi Livni. In 2018 he became chairman of the Jewish Agency. The Knesset elected him president in 2021.