January 1999 Likud leadership election

January 1999 Likud leadership election
← 1993 25 January 1999 1999 (Sep) →
Turnout31.3%
 
Candidate Benjamin Netanyahu Moshe Arens
Percentage 81.7% 18.3%
Leader before election

Benjamin Netanyahu

 Elected Leader

Benjamin Netanyahu

The January 1999 Likud leadership election was held on 25 January 1999[1] to elect the leader of the Likud party. Incumbent party leader and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu handily defended a challenge by former minister of defense Moshe Arens.

The election coincided with the primary to select the party's electoral list for the 1999 Israeli general election.[2]

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