Ehud Olmert
Prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009; mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003.
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- Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer who was prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009.
- First elected to the Knesset in 1973, he was a Likud minister and then mayor of Jerusalem for two terms.
- In 2005 he left Likud with Ariel Sharon to form Kadima, and became acting prime minister when Sharon had a stroke in January 2006.
- His government fought the 2006 Lebanon War and held peace talks with the Palestinians, including the 2007 Annapolis Conference.
- He resigned in 2008 amid a corruption investigation and was later convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice; he was in prison from February 2016 until his release on parole in July 2017.
Key facts
- Born
- 30 September 1945, near Binyamina, Mandatory Palestine1
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem: psychology, philosophy and law1
- Knesset
- First elected in 1973 at 28; Likud member until 19981
- Ministries
- Minister without portfolio from 1988 to 1990; Health from 1990 to 1992; Industry, Trade and Labor from 2003; acting Finance from 2005 to 20061
- Mayor of Jerusalem
- From 1993, defeating Teddy Kollek, to February 20031
- Prime minister
- Acting from 4 January 2006, then as Kadima leader after the March 2006 election, until March 2009; succeeded by Benjamin Netanyahu1
- Conviction
- Sentenced in 2014 for taking bribes and obstruction of justice as mayor and trade minister; in prison from 15 February 2016, paroled in July 2017 after 16 months1
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