Shimon Peres Biography and Timeline

Israeli Delegation Prepares Secret Paris Discussions

Shimon Peres helped coordinate Israel's military and diplomatic contacts with France before the clandestine tripartite planning sessions at Sèvres.

Role range: 1956-1956

French Alliance

Strengthens Israeli-French defence cooperation before the Sinai Campaign.

Role range: 1956-1956 – 1953-1959

French Arms Cooperation Expanded

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

Role range: 1956-1956 – 1953-1959

Election

First elected to the Knesset

Rule of Sinai

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

Party Leader

Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party

Role range: 1977-1992

Election

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%

Election

The Labour Alignment Party wins 44 seats in the Knesset

Election

The Parliamentary elections end with Peress Labour Party winning 44 seats

Role range: 1984-1986

Prime Minister of Israel

The Parliamentary elections end with Peress Labour Party winning 44 seats

Role range: 1984-1986

Prime Minister of Israel

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

Role range: 1984-1986

Deportation

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

Role range: 1984-1986

Arrest of 1,500 Palestinians

Israel frees 1,500 Palestinians for 3 Israeli soldiers

Role range: 1984-1986

Bombing of Beirut

A car bomb kills 50 & wounds 172

Role range: 1984-1986

Invasion of Lebanon

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

Role range: 1984-1986

Arrest of Shiite prisoners

Israel decides to release 300 of its 735 Shiite prisoners

Role range: 1984-1986

Power Sharing

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

Role range: 1989-1990

Dismissal

Peres dismissal by Shamir leads to the fall of the Government

Role range: 1989-1990

Oslo Accords

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

Role range: 1992-1995

Palestinian Authority

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

Role range: 1992-1995

Accords of Oslo

Peres signs the Declaration of Principles on behalf of Israel

Role range: 1992-1995

Declaration of Principles

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

Role range: 1992-1995

Diplomatic Negotiations at Oslo

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

Independence of Israel

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

Independence of Palestine

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

Accords of Oslo

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

Role range: 1992-1995

Nobel Prize

For efforts in trying to create peace in the Middle East

Rule of West Bank

Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring the West Bank to Arabs

Role range: 1995-1996

Oslo Two

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

Role range: 1992-1995

Oslo II

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

Role range: 1992-1995

Prime Minister of Israel

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Foreign Secretary of Israel

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Bombing of Israel

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Hezbollah

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Succession

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Rule of Bethlehem

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control

Role range: 1995-1996

Bombing of Lebanon

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Oslo Process

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

Role range: 1995-1996

Election

Amir Peretz defeats the Party Leader, Shimon Peres

Death of Shimon Peres

Death of Shimon Peres

Role range: 2007-2014