Aura Herzog

Aura Herzog
אורה הרצוג
Portrait of Aura Herzog
First Lady of Israel
In role
5 May 1983  13 May 1993
PresidentChaim Herzog
Preceded byOfira Navon
Succeeded byReuma Weizman
Personal details
Born(1924-12-24)24 December 1924
Ismailia, Egypt
Died10 January 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 97)
Resting placeMount Herzl, Jerusalem
Spouse
(m. 1947; died 1997)
Children4, including Isaac

Aura Herzog (Hebrew: אורה הרצוג (née Ambache, 24 December 1924 – 10 January 2022) was an Israeli social and environmental activist, who served as the First Lady of Israel from 1983 to 1993; she was the wife of Chaim Herzog, the sixth President of the State of Israel and mother of the current president, Isaac Herzog. In 1968, she founded the Council for a Beautiful Israel.