September 1999 Likud leadership election

September 1999 Likud leadership election
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Turnout34.8%
 
Candidate Ariel Sharon Ehud Olmert Meir Shitrit
Percentage 53% 24% 24%
Leader before election

Ariel Sharon (interim)

 Elected Leader

Ariel Sharon

The September 1999 Likud leadership election was held on 2 September 1999[1] to elect the leader of the Likud party. Ariel Sharon was elected to permanently replace former leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Sharon had been serving as interim leader since Netanyahu resigned following the party's defeat in the 1999 Israeli general election.

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