File:Moshe_Katsav_(00310100).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
Moshe Katsav is an Israeli politician and member of the Likud party. Born in Yazd in 1945, he holds Israeli citizenship and practices Judaism. He received education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben Shemen Youth Village. Katsav served as a Knesset member and later held the position of President of Israel. He was a candidate in the 2000 Israeli presidential election.
He speaks English, Arabic, and Persian, and writes in English. His published work includes "Memoirs of the president of the state." Katsav has received the Order of the Sun of Peru and the Order of the Golden Fleece. He is married to Gila Katsav and has five children. He was convicted of rape and sexual harassment.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Memoirs of the president of the state
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018
· 2018 · cited 5,846x
- Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior
· 2004 · cited 4,977x
- Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing
· 2012 · cited 4,314x
- Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Inhibitor of the BCR-ABL Tyrosine Kinase in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
· 2001 · cited 4,181x
- Trastuzumab after Adjuvant Chemotherapy in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
· 2005 · cited 4,145x
via Crossref · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Moshe Katsav (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה קַצָּב; born Musa Qassab; Persian: موسى قصاب; 5 December 1945) is an Israeli former politician who was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the first Mizrahi Jew to be elected to the presidency, and second non-Ashkenazi president after Yitzhak Navon. He is also the only ex-Israeli president to have been convicted of a crime.
The end of his presidency was marked by controversy, stemming from allegations of rape of one female subordinate and sexual harassment of others. Katsav resigned from the presidency in 2007 as part of a plea bargain. Katsav later rejected the deal with prosecutors and vowed he would prove his innocence in court. In an unprecedented case, on 30 December 2010, Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape, obstruction of justice, and other charges. On 22 March 2011, in a landmark ruling, Katsav was sentenced to seven years in prison. Katsav appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Israel. On 10 November 2011, the Supreme Court affirmed Katsav's conviction and punishment.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moshe Katsav” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.