Ehud Olmert, LLB Biography
- Title:
- 12th Prime Minister of Israel
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“In order to ensure that we have a Jewish homeland, we cannot continue to control those territories where there is a Palestinian majority. We must as soon as possible lay down a clear-cut border that will ensure a Jewish majority within the state of Israel…The only solution now is two states -- one Jewish, one Palestinian”
Speech at the annual Herzliya Conference in Israel, Jan. 24, 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 12th Israeli Prime Minister, 2006-2009
- Finance Minister, 2005
- Communications minister, 2003-2004
- Deputy Prime Minister, 2003
- Mayor of Jerusalem, 1993-2000
- Israeli Minister of Health, 1990-1992
- Israeli Minister for Minority Affairs, 1988-1990
- Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, 1981-1988
- Elected to the Knesset, 1973-1988
- Former infantry unit officer in the Israeli Defense Forces
- Education:
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- LLB, Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- BA, Psychology, Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Other:
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- None found