David Ben-Gurion25 January 1949
Elected Prime Minister, Israels 1st national election
Israel · Government / Government of Israel. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Elected Prime Minister, Israels 1st national election
Agrees to withdraw from Sinai & for elections in the West Bank & Gaza Strip
Elections for the tenth Knesset are held despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres' Alignment
Menachem Begin's Likud wins by just one seat, voter turnout is 77.8%
The Labour Alignment Party wins 44 seats in the Knesset
The Parliamentary elections end with Peress Labour Party winning 44 seats
Shamirs Likuud Party wins 44 seats, no party has a majority
Ezer Weizman is elected Israels 7th President
Provides for elections in Palestinian controlled areas
Israel elects Labor party leader and Former General Ehud Barak as Prime Minister in a landslide, Barak promises rapid progress toward peace
Right-wing Likud leader Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister in Israel replacing Ehud Barak and promising "peace and security."
Right-wing Likud leader Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister in Israel replacing Ehud Barak and promising "peace and security"
Elections in Israel give wide margin (40 seats) to right wing Likud party, returning PM Ariel Sharon for another term
Ehud Olmert elected PM of Israel, heading Kadima party coalition
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.