
Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth Prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth President of Israel from 2007 to 2014.
The President of the Swiss Confederation, Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, awarded him the “Prix de la Fondation” during the Crans-Montana Forum in 1996.