1. Professor Shimon Shetreet is an Israeli former politician who held several ministerial portfolios between 1992 and 1996.
12 Facts About Shimon Shetreet
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Shimon Shetreet is currently the Greenblatt Chair of Public and International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Shimon Shetreet attended a religious elementary school before studying at a yeshiva, winning the International Bible Contest at the age of 13.
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Shimon Shetreet went on to study law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an LLB in 1968 and LLM in 1970.
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Shimon Shetreet then went on to the University of Chicago, where he gained an LLD in 1973.
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Shimon Shetreet began working as a clerk to Supreme Court judge Alfred Witkon in 1967, and was admitted to the Bar Association in 1969.
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In 1988 Shimon Shetreet was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list.
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Shimon Shetreet lost the latter portfolio in June 1993 when it was given to Shulamit Aloni, but became Minister of Religious Affairs in February 1992.
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When Shimon Shetreet Peres formed a new government following the assassination of Rabin, he remained Minister of Religious Affairs, but lost the Economics and Planning portfolio.
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On 7 September 2020, Shimon Shetreet announced that he would run in the 2021 presidential election.
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Shimon Shetreet returned to the Hebrew University to work as a professor of law.
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Shimon Shetreet has served as a visiting professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Tulane University and the University of San Diego.