1996 Meretz leadership election

Election for leader of the Meretz Party December 2023 1996 Meretz leadership election Meretz (1992).png presidential no 1999 Meretz leadership election 1999 22 October 1996 Yossi Sarid.JPG Yossi Sarid Meretz leader Shulamit Aloni Meretz leader Yossi Sarid The 1996 Meretz leadership election was held on 22 October 1996.Former MK and minister Yossi Sarid dies at 75 https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4735017,00.html Ynetnews.com 23 February 2022 en 4 December 2015 It saw the election of Yossi Sarid to succeed Shulamit Aloni as the party's leader.Kenig Ofer Democratizing Party Leadership Selection in Israel: A Balance Sheet Israel Studies Forum 2009 24 1 62–81 41805011 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41805011 25 January 2022 1557-2455 This was the first leadership election in the party's history. The election was held by a vote of Meretz' Party Council. Incumbent party leader Aloni had announced her retirement after Sarid had announced his intent to challenge her for party leadership. This came amid disputes between the party's leadership.Druckman Yaron Former Minister Shulamit Aloni dies at the age of 85 https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4480558,00.html Ynetnews.com 23 February 2022 en 24 January 2014 Background Meretz was formed prior to the 1992 Israeli legislative election by an alliance of three left-wing political parties, Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was initially led by Ratz's chairwoman and long-time Knesset member Shulamit Aloni. The party proceeded to win twelve seats in the election, making it the third-largest in the Knesset. Meretz became the major coalition partner of Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party, helping pave the way for the Oslo Accords.משולה ועד זהבה: עלייתה ונפילתה של מרצ https://13tv.co.il/item/news/politics/politics/meretz-party-903312830/ 8 March 2023 Reshet 13 he The party also picked up several ministerial portfolios; Aloni was made Minister of Education, then Minister of Communications and Science and Technology,Member of the Knesset Shulamit Aloni https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-print/132 8 March 2023 Knesset while other party members including Amnon Rubinstein, Yossi Sarid and Yair Tzaban received additional portfolios.Twenty-Fifth government https://m.knesset.gov.il/en/mk/government/pages/governments.aspx?govId=25 8 March 2023 Knesset References Meretz leadership election Meretz leadership Category:Meretz leadership elections