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Election
History of Israel
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| | 1949 | Ben-Gurion, David | |
| 25th Jan Elected Prime Minister, Israel's 1st national election |
| 1959 | Peres, Shimon | |
| First elected to the Knesset |
| 1981 | Begin, Menachem | |
| 30th June Elections for the tenth Knesset are held in Israel, despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres ' Alignment, Menachem Begin's Likud win by just one seat, voter turnout is 77.8%. |
| 1981 | Peres, Shimon | |
| 30th June Elections for the tenth Knesset are held in Israel, despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres ' Alignment, Menachem Begin's Likud win by just one seat, voter turnout is 77.8%. |
| 1984 | Peres, Shimon | |
| 23rd July The Labour Alignment Party wins 44 seats in the Knesset |
| 1984 | Shamir, Yitzhak | |
| 23rd July Shamir's Likud Party wins 44 seats, no party has a majority |
| 1993 | Weizman, Ezer | |
| 24th Mar Ezer Weizman is elected Israel's 7th President |
| 1999 | Barak, Ehud | |
| 17th May Israel elects Labor party leader and Former General Ehud Barak as Prime Minister in a landslide, Barak promises rapid progress toward peace |
| 2001 | Barak, Ehud | |
| 6th Feb Right-wing Likud leader Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister in Israel replacing Ehud Barak and promising "peace and security." |
| 2001 | Sharon, Ariel | |
| 6th Feb Right-wing Likud leader Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister in Israel replacing Ehud Barak and promising "peace and security" |
| 2003 | Sharon, Ariel | |
| 28th Jan Elections in Israel give wide margin (40 seats) to right wing Likud party, returning PM Ariel Sharon for another term |
| 28th Jan The Likud Party wins 38 of the 120 seats, the most of all the parties |
| 2005 | Peres, Shimon | |
| 9th Nov Amir Peretz defeats the Party Leader, Shimon Peres |
| 2005 | Peretz, Amir | |
| 9th Nov Amir Peretz defeats the Party Leader, Shimon Peres |
| 2006 | Olmert, Ehud | |
| 28th Mar Ehud Olmert elected PM of Israel, heading Kadima party coalition |
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