The son of Israel’s sixth president, former Labor Party leader Herzog will replace outgoing President Reuven Rivlin next month……………………………………….

Isaac Herzog is set to become Israel’s 11th president after winning Wednesday’s election against Miriam Peretz, in a secret ballot among the country’s 120 lawmakers.

He will officially replace outgoing President Reuven Rivlin next month, with his seven-year term beginning on July 9.

Herzogis as close to Israeli aristocracy as it gets. He is already familiar with the layout of the President’s Residence in Jerusalem as the son of Irish-born Chaim Herzog, Israel’s sixth president who served a decade-long two terms from 1983 to 1993. Before that, Herzog Sr. served as Israel’s UN representative for three years.

Isaac Herzog’s grandfather, Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog, was both the first chief rabbi of Ireland, for over a decade, and then Ashkenazi chief rabbi…