1980 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1980 Israeli Labor Party leadership election Havoda (1977-1992).png presidential no vote by delegates to party convention April 1977 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1977 (Apr) 1984 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1984 18 December 1980 150x150px Shimon Peres 2,123 70.81% File:Following the publication of his new book The Rabin Memoirs, Yitzhak Rabin held a press conference at Beit Sokolov, Tel Aviv (FL62809558).jpg Yitzhak Rabin 875 29.19% Leader Shimon Peres Shimon Peres The 1980 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 18 December 1980. It saw the delegates to the party's convention reelect Shimon Peres as the party's leader. Peres defeated Yitzhak Rabin. This was the third of four leadership contests in which Rabin and Peres faced each other (following the 1974 and February 1977 and preceding the 1992 leadership elections). Background The vote took place in advance of the 1981 Knesset election. At the time of the leadership election, Labor was broadly anticipated, per opinion polls, to have a strong performance over rival Likud in that election.Israeli Labor Party leadership contested https://www.newspapers.com/image/107228275 Newspapers.com The Indiana Star The Associated Press en subscription 18 December 1980 Additionally, prior to his death from a sudden heart attack in late February 1980, Yigal Allon had been campaigning to unseat Peres as party leader, but his prospects of winning were seen as weak.Multiple sources Silver Eric Geleral Allon: Jews' Audacious Officer https://www.newspapers.com/image/259482854 The Guardian at Newspapers.co NEwspapers.com subscription 2 July 2024 en March 1, 1980 Epstein Joel Yigal Allon, Israel's Ex-Foreign Minister https://www.newspapers.com/image/167862086 The Philadelphia Inquirer Newspapers.com subscription Associated Press 2 July 2024 en March 1, 1981 Allon was a political rival of Peres.Shargil Yitzhak Tens of Thousands of People Attend Funeral of Yigal Allon http://pdfs.jta.org/1980/1980-03-03_043.pdf JTA Daily News Bulletin March 3, 1980 1 July 2024 Candidates Shimon Peres, incumbent leader since 1977, member of the Knesset since 1959, former minister of defense (1974–1977), former Minister of Information (1974), former Minister of Transportation (1970–1974), and former Minister of Immigration and Absorption (1969–1970) Yitzhak Rabin, former leader (1974–1977), former prime minister (1974–1977), member of the Knesset since 1973, former Minister of Labour (1974), former ambassador to the United States (1968–1973), and former Chief of the General Staff (1964–1968) Campaign Peres was expected to secure a comfortable reelection as party leader.Follow Egypt, makle peace with Israel: Peres https://www.newspapers.com/image/482645904 Newspapers.com Calgary Herald -United Press International en subscription 18 December 1980 Rabin attempted to persuade the delegates comprising the electorate that he was more popular than Peres, and therefore presented the party with a greater chance at leading in the 1981 Knesset election. Voting procedure The election's electorate was the 3,101 delegates to the party's convention. Results 1980 Israeli Labor Party leadership electionKenig 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 Shimon Peres (incumbent) 2,123 70.81 Yitzhak Rabin 875 29.19 2998 100 References Category:Israeli Labor Party leadership elections Labor Party leadership Israeli Labor Party leadership election Category:Yitzhak Rabin Category:Shimon Peres Israeli Labor Party leadership election Category:Yigal Allon