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| + | |term_start=April 14, 2006 | ||
| + | |term_end=March 31, 2009 | ||
| + | |previous=Ariel Sharon | ||
| + | |next=Benjamin Netanyahu | ||
| + | |party=Kadima | ||
| + | |birth_date=September 30, 1945 | ||
| + | |birth_place=Binyamina | ||
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| + | }} | ||
| + | '''Ehud Olmert''' was the previous Prime Minister of [[Israel]]<ref> | ||
| + | [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7534750.stm (BBC)]</ref> | ||
| + | <ref>[http://reveillez.blogspot.com/2008/08/olmert-resigns-peace-at-hand.html Religious commentary on Olmert's resignation]</ref> | ||
| + | and former leader of the [[Kadima]] party. He assumed the position after the vacancy left by [[Ariel Sharon]]'s stroke. Olmert's standing plummeted after Israel's botched war in [[Lebanon]] in 2006 and the corruption probes launched by Israeli police, largely relating to his political career before he became prime minister.<ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59f7ead4-5e98-11dd-b354-000077b07658.html</ref> He is the subject of at least five investigations, and while none have led to an indictment, the continuous pressure and scrutiny impacted his ability to govern and in July 2008 he announced his resignation. | ||
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| + | Olmert's resignation came in the form of a statement that he would not be a candidate in the September 2008 Kadima party primaries, and that he would resign as prime minister to make way for the new party chief, Tzipi Livni, who would run against [[Likud]] head [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], but eventually lost to him. | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Golda Meir]] | ||
| + | *[[Barry Goldwater]] | ||
| + | *[[Margherita Grassini]] | ||
| + | {{IsraelPrimeMinisters}} | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Olmert, Ehud}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Prime Ministers of Israel]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Former Heads of Government]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:19, May 13, 2018
Ehud Olmert was the previous Prime Minister of Israel[1] [2] and former leader of the Kadima party. He assumed the position after the vacancy left by Ariel Sharon's stroke. Olmert's standing plummeted after Israel's botched war in Lebanon in 2006 and the corruption probes launched by Israeli police, largely relating to his political career before he became prime minister.[3] He is the subject of at least five investigations, and while none have led to an indictment, the continuous pressure and scrutiny impacted his ability to govern and in July 2008 he announced his resignation.
| Ehud Olmert | |
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| Term of office April 14, 2006 - March 31, 2009 | |
| Political party | Kadima |
| Preceded by | Ariel Sharon |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Born | September 30, 1945 Binyamina |
Olmert's resignation came in the form of a statement that he would not be a candidate in the September 2008 Kadima party primaries, and that he would resign as prime minister to make way for the new party chief, Tzipi Livni, who would run against Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu, but eventually lost to him.
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