Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin (, ;
Arabic: رؤوفين ريفلين; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has been
President of Israel since 2014. He is a member of the
Likud party. Rivlin was
Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003 and subsequently served as
Speaker of the Knesset from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2009 to 2013. On 10 June 2014, he was elected as President of Israel.