Reuven Rivlin

Reuven Rivlin

Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin (Hebrew: ראובן ריבלין‎, ; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli lawyer and politician currently serving as speaker of the Knesset. He belongs to the conservative Likud party. A former Chairman of the Knesset, in 2007 he ran in the election for President as the Likud candidate. He withdrew after the first round of voting when it became clear that Kadima MK Shimon Peres had sufficiently broad support to inevitably win in a run-off.