He was born in 1960 to aura and chaim herzog, later israel’s sixth president. There is no vice president in the israeli governmental system If the president is temporarily incapacitated, or leaves office, the speaker of the knesset becomes acting president The first presidential election took place on 16 february 1949, and the winner was chaim weizmann. Isaac herzog (born september 22, 1960, tel aviv, israel) is an israeli lawyer and politician who has served as president of israel since 2021. Israel's president says trump sent him a letter asking him to pardon prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who's on trial in three separate corruption cases.
Israeli president isaac herzog has received a letter from u.s President donald trump urging him to consider granting a pardon to prime minister benjamin netanyahu, herzog's office said on wednesday. The office of israeli president isaac herzog announced wednesday it had received a letter from president trump requesting a pardon for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who is currently. Us president trump penned a letter asking the israeli president to grant a full pardon to prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial. For three years, herzog served as the chairman of the executive of the jewish agency for israel In july 2021, he was elected president by an unprecedented majority in the knesset, and he entered office as the eleventh president of israel.