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2007 Israeli Labor Party Leadership Election
A leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 12 June 2007, to elect the party's new leader, due to internal dissatisfaction with the incumbent chairman Amir Peretz. The winner was Ehud Barak. History Five candidates ran in the election: Ehud Barak attempted to return to politics, this time after the move of Shimon Peres to Kadima, while Ami Ayalon announced his ambition to become prime minister of Israel, prime minister. Ophir Pines-Paz, Ofir Pines-Paz had been chairman of the coalition in the Fifteenth Knesset. He was the party's secretary-general in 2001-2003. In the 2006 Israeli legislative election, 2006 election he was third in the Labor-Meimad list, after Peretz and Isaac Herzog. When Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition and Avigdor Lieberman was appointed minister, Pines-Paz resigned from the government. His resignation took effect on 1 November 2006. Danny Yatom ran in the election but came last in the first round of voting. The election consisted of two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak ( he-a, אֵהוּד בָּרָק, Ehud_barak.ogg, link=yes, born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011. He previously held the posts of defense minister and deputy prime minister under Ehud Olmert and then in Benjamin Netanyahu's second government from 2007 to 2013. He attempted a political comeback, running in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election as the leader of a new party that he formed. His party merged with other parties to form an alliance called the Democratic Union, but the alliance did not win enough seats for him to become a member of the Knesset. A lieutenant general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Barak shares with two others the honor of being the most highly decorated soldier in Israel's history, having taken part in many battles and combat missions. He was appointed Chief of General Staff in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
