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Reuven Rivlin è stato eletto nuovo presidente dello stato di Israele

Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, right, talks to reporters as he participates in the European-Mediterranean Interparliamentary Conference, in Cairo, Monday, March 14, 2005. Parliamentary delegations from 27 nations will participate in the conference - 15 from the European Union and 12 from the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Str)
Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, right, talks to reporters as he participates in the European-Mediterranean Interparliamentary Conference, in Cairo, Monday, March 14, 2005. Parliamentary delegations from 27 nations will participate in the conference - 15 from the European Union and 12 from the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Str)

Rivlin è nato a Gerusalemme, ha 74 anni e fa parte di Likud, il più grosso partito di centrodestra del paese (lo stesso del primo ministro Benjamin Netanyahu). È stato eletto per la prima volta al Knesset, la camera unica di Israele, nel 1988. Fu ministro delle Comunicazioni (l’ex ministero delle Poste) dal 2001 al 2003, quando fu nominato presidente del Knesset. Rivlin è stato nominato al posto del 91enne Shimon Peres, storico capo di stato israeliano “progressista”.

Reuven Rivlin, a right-wing legislator opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state, was elected Israel’s president on Tuesday and will replace the dovish Shimon Peres in the largely ceremonial post. Rivlin, 74, is a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. He has a reputation for political independence and has had a rocky personal relationship with the Israeli leader.

A former speaker of parliament, Rivlin defeated Meir Sheetrit of the moderate Hatnuah party by a vote of 63-53 in a run-off in the legislature, after none of the original five candidates won an outright victory in a first round ballot.

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