2001 Israeli prime ministerial election
Prime ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001 following the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak on 9 December 2000. Barak stood for re-election against Likud's Ariel Sharon.
2001 Israeli prime ministerial election
Ehud Barak, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the 2000 Camp David Summit
Ehud Barak is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party between 1997 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2011.
Barak in 2016
Barak (behind, second from left) with his family in 1964
Ehud Barak as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Barak at the Pentagon (1999)