What was the birthday of the former President of Israel whose resignation resulted in the 2000 election?
Israeli presidential election, 2000 Elections for the President of Israel were held in the Knesset on 31 July 2000, following Ezer Weizman's resignation. Moshe Katsav, a prominent Likud politician, ran against Shimon Peres, a previous Prime Minister of Israel. In a surprising upset, the Knesset elected Katsav, by 63 to 57. Katsav assumed office as President on 1 August 2000. He was the first President of Israel to have been sworn in for a seven-year term, as well as the first candidate from the right-wing Likud party to be elected to the office.
Meir Shmuel Gabay Meir Shmuel Gabay (Hebrew: מאיר שמואל גבאי‎ ‎ , born on 26 June 1933, died 7 March 2010) International and Israeli Civil servant, the first, and so far the only Israeli to be elected by the United Nations General Assembly to any office, he was President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal 2000-2002, President of United Nations Association of Israel ???-2010, ; Co-chairperson of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), Chairman of the Council of The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Civil Service Commissioner of Israel 1987 – 1994, Director General of the Ministry of Justice 1976-1987