Shimon Peres Biography

Strengthens Israeli-French defence cooperation before the Sinai Campaign.

Peres expands French-Israeli defence cooperation as planning for a Sinai operation accelerates.

First elected to the Knesset

Kissinger, Rabin & Peres agree the withdrawal of Israel from Sinai

Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party

Elections for the tenth Knesset are held in Israel, despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres Alignment, Menachem Begins Likud win by just one seat, voter turnout is 77.8%

The Labour Alignment Party wins 44 seats in the Knesset

The Parliamentary elections end with Peress Labour Party winning 44 seats

The Parliamentary elections end with Peress Labour Party winning 44 seats

The Knesset votes for a coalition Government. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel for 25 months followed by 25 months for Shamir

The US charges Israel with violating the Geneva Convention for deporting Shiites

Israel frees 1,500 Palestinians for 3 Israeli soldiers

A car bomb kills 50 & wounds 172

Israel begins to withdraw from the Lebanon after a 6 yr occupation

Israel decides to release 300 of its 735 Shiite prisoners

Makes a power sharing agreement with the leader of the Likuud Party

Peres dismissal by Shamir leads to the fall of the Government

Peres backs the diplomatic initiative that leads to the Declaration of Principles

Supports the secret Oslo channel that produces the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles.

Supports the secret Oslo channel that defines the Palestinian Authority as an interim self-government body.

Peres signs the Declaration of Principles on behalf of Israel

Signs related correspondence and supports the Declaration of Principles after secret negotiations produce the Oslo framework.

Shimon Peres and senior PLO officials end two days of closed-door talks in Oslo, Norway, in which they seek to break a deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories

Shimon Peres and senior PLO officials end two days of closed-door talks in Oslo, Norway, in which they seek to break a deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories

Shimon Peres and senior PLO officials end two days of closed-door talks in Oslo, Norway, in which they seek to break a deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories

For efforts in trying to create peace in the Middle East

Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring the West Bank to Arabs

Supports the signing of the Interim Agreement as part of the Oslo process and its planned transfer of powers.

Peres supports the second major Oslo agreement as it divides West Bank authority into administrative areas

Lebanese guerrillas of the Hezbollah fire rockets into northern Israel, Israeli warplanes retaliated by hitting rebel strongholds

Lebanese guerrillas of the Hezbollah fire rockets into northern Israel, Israeli warplanes retaliated by hitting rebel strongholds

Peres becomes Prime Minister after Rabin's assassination and continues the Oslo process

Israels ruling Labor Party unanimously approves Shimon Peres as its new leader, replacing slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

Israeli warplanes retaliate against rocket attacks with strikes at Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control

Peres seeks to continue the Oslo process after Rabin's assassination

Amir Peretz defeats the Party Leader, Shimon Peres

Death of Shimon Peres