2008 Kadima leadership election

2008 Kadima leadership election
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Turnout53.7%
 
Candidate Tzipi Livni Shaul Mofaz
Party Kadima Kadima
Popular vote 16,936 16,505
Percentage 43.06% 41.96%
 
Candidate Meir Sheetrit Avi Dichter
Party Kadima Kadima
Popular vote 3,327 2,563
Percentage 8.46% 6.52%
Kadima leader before election

Ehud Olmert

 Kadima leader

Tzipi Livni

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An election for the leadership of Kadima was held on 17 September 2008 as a concession to Kadima's coalition partner, Labour, which had threatened to bring down the government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert didn't stand aside following police investigations into alleged corruption during his terms as minister and as mayor of Jerusalem.

As Kadima remained the largest party in the Knesset and the coalition, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the designated new leader after balloting, had the chance to form a government without a need for elections.[1]

The election was the party's first official leadership election.[2] Previously, in 2006, there had been a leadership vote, but it was for interim leader.[3][4]

  1. ^ Khalil, Ashraf; Sobelman, Batsheva (2008-09-18). "A new leader for Kadima". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Kershner, Isabel; Bowley, Graham (30 July 2008). "Olmert to resign after September vote". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Acting Israeli leader to head Sharon's party". The New York Times. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Kadima picks Olmert as interim chief". Al Jazeera. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2022.