Prime ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001 following the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak on 9 December...

incumbent Likud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ran for re-election. This election was only the second time in Israeli history an election had been held...

General elections were held in Israel on 29 May 1996. For the first time, the prime minister was elected on a separate ballot from the remaining members...

Palestinian response, but ran out of time ahead of the 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election. The background for the Clinton's Parameters was the failure...

notably the protests in October 2000. After defeat in the 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election, he left politics and engaged in international business...

The Israeli system of government is based on parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party...

of the prime minister of Israel fall into four categories: Acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Alternate Prime Minister...

joined Ariel Sharon's new unity government formed after the 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election. However, it attempted to quit the government just a few...

parliamentary systems. After Israel decided to abolish the direct election of prime ministers in 2001, there are no national prime-ministerial systems in the world;...

Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician, serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office...

power of the office of prime minister has grown significantly since the first prime minister, Robert Walpole in 1721. Prime ministerial power itself evolved...

injured. February 6 – 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel. February 12 The NEAR...

dedicated Prime Ministerial primaries at all, but simply select their internal leader as their candidate for Prime Minister. However, leadership elections are...

1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar...

Prime ministerial government Lists List of current heads of state and government List of democracy and election-related topics The posts of Prime Minister...

part, by contrasting his broad electoral success in the 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election with Netanyahu's narrow 1996 victory and his broad 1999...

majority in the Knesset, all Israeli governments have been coalitions between two or more parties. Between 1996 and 2001, the prime minister was directly elected...

One Israel (Hebrew: ישראל אחת, Yisrael Ahat) was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections. One Israel...

Religious Party, Agudat Israel, and others. In the 1996 Israeli general election–the first direct election of a prime minister in Israeli history–Likud leader...

an Israeli government – following Mapai/Labor Party (1948–1977; 1984–1986; 1992–1996; 1999–2001), Herut/Likud (1977–1984; 1986–1992; 1996–1999; 2001–2005;...

Russian-immigrant party, Yisrael Beiteinu. After Ariel Sharon won the 2001 Prime Ministerial elections, National Union was brought into the National Unity Government...

candidate for prime minister during the 2015 Israeli legislative election. Herzog was elected in the 2021 Israeli presidential election and was inaugurated...

importance of the defense portfolio, prime ministers have often held the position in addition to their prime ministerial duties; eight of the twenty defense...

1996 and 2001 (when direct prime-ministerial elections were held) the role and duration of the prime minister–elect was prescribed by Israeli legislation:...

party leader after losing his premiership in the special 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election and facing opposition within the party. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer...

as becoming the party's sole prime ministerial candidate. Rumor of a possible coup was circulated long before the election. In September 2022, a cabinet...

building. February 6 – 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel. February 16 – Iraq disarmament...

Coping with Terror: An Israeli Perspective. Lexington. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7391-0684-6. "Israeli Elections and Parties: Likud". The Israel Democracy Institute...

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an Iraqi-born Israeli politician and general. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014, and held several ministerial posts, including...