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Shamir during Peres premiership

Yitzhak Shamir#Prime Minister notes that his Likud was in a national unity government with Labour from 1984 to 1986, during which time Shimon Peres was the prime minister. What was Shamir's title at the time? I'd suspect that the immediately past prime minister would be in the government, since he was (presumably) still the leader of a coalition-member party. I'm the Lee Hamilton guy; I'm asking because I've found a picture of Shamir and Peres together in Washington DC, seemingly from the part of 1986 when Peres was still the prime minister. Deputy leaders of Israel says that Shamir was Acting Prime Minister, but it also notes that the Acting Prime Minister title is normally given to someone who's already a government minister. 2001:18E8:2:1020:C1E5:6484:A227:E78F (talk) 14:50, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

What is the date you want in 1986? You can search the google news archive for specific dates. I plugged in "Yitzhak Shamir" for January 1986 and all the newspapers are referring to him as "Israeli Foreign Minister". The search results. 184.147.136.32 (talk) 15:01, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you; I didn't think of Google News. I don't have a specific date, but Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel) says that Shamir was Foreign Minister from 1 January until he returned to the Prime Minister's position. 2001:18E8:2:1020:C1E5:6484:A227:E78F (talk) 15:06, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Nations with history of civil rights for minorities

Which other nations also have history of civil rights movement by minorities like African Americans and Hispanics Americans in usa, Mizrahi in Israel and Maghreb Arabs and Africans in France? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.152.244 (talk) 19:38, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Have a look at the category Minority Rights and the category Civil Rights Movement. I see at least Turkey, South Africa, Iran, Syria and Russia. 184.147.136.32 (talk) 20:24, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Off the top of my head, China, Japan, Australia and India come to mind.DOR (HK) (talk) 08:05, 12 August 2013 (UTC)