2005 Likud leadership election

2005 Likud leadership election
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Turnout44.46%
 
Candidate Benjamin Netanyahu Silvan Shalom Moshe Feiglin
Party Likud Likud Likud
Percentage 44.4% 33% 12.4%
Likud leader before election

Dan Naveh (leading a council of ministers)
(Previously Ariel Sharon, then Tzachi Hanegbi as acting leader)

 Likud leader after election

Benjamin Netanyahu

A leadership election was held by the Likud party on 19 December 2005.[1] former prime minister and party leader Benjamin Netanyahu[2] defeated Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom,[3] as well as candidates Moshe Feiglin and Israel Katz.[1]

  1. ^ a b Somfalvi, Attila; Marciano, Ilan (19 December 2005). "נתניהו: נחזור להנהגה, כולנו הולכים קדימה" [Netahyahu: We will return to leadership, we're going forwards]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ ynet (19 December 2005). "דרכו של נתניהו. מירושלים לארה"ב ובחזרה" [Netanyahu's path: from Jerusalem to the United States and back again]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ "סילבן שלום" [Silvan Shalom]. Knesset (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 May 2022.