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Meet Israel's 10th President
(Ha'aretz) Jonathan Lis - Reuven Rivlin was born in 1939 in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood, in a home that supported the Beitar movement. His father, Middle East professor Yosef Yoel Rivlin, was a candidate to be the third president of Israel. Rivlin has been a vegetarian by conscience for nearly 30 years and is a loyal fan of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team. Rivlin, married to Nehama and father to four children, lives in the capital in an old apartment building, where his neighbor is former Minister Benny Begin. Rivlin served as an intelligence officer in the IDF, reaching the rank of major. He was first elected to the Knesset in 1988 and first became Knesset Speaker in 2004. He was elected to a second term as Speaker in 2009.