2003 Israeli Labor Party interim leadership election

November 2022 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 2003 Israeli Labor Party interim leadership election Logo haAwoda.svg presidential vote by Central Committee of party 2002 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 2002 2005 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 2005 19 June 2003 52% Shimon Peres - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2001 (1).jpg Shimon Peres 631 49.65% Dr. Ephraim Sneh (1).jpg Efraim Sneh 359 28.25% Danny Atar (1).jpg Danny Atar 281 22.11% Leader Vacant(most recently Amram Mitzna) Shimon Peres (interim) Israeli Labor Party Israeli Labor Party Israeli Labor Party The 2003 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 19 June 2003Israel's Labor Party Picks Peres as Its Interim Leader https://www.newspapers.com/image/191073572 Newspapers.com Los Angeles Times Reuters 19 July 2022 en subscription 20 June 2003 to elect the leader of the Israeli Labor Party. It saw the party's Central Committee elect former prime minister and former longtime party leader Shimon Peres as the party's interim leader. Background The leadership vote took place following Labor's heavy defeat in the 2003 Israeli legislative election held in January. Quickly after this defeat, Amram Mitzna announced his resignation as party leader.Hazboun Ibrahim Palestinians fear impact of hardliners' victory https://www.newspapers.com/image/466799626 Newspapers.com The Ottawa Citizen 19 July 2022 en subscription 29 January 2003 Unlike the party's regular leadership elections since 1992 (which have been open to its general membership, with the exception of the 1995 leadership election held under extraordinary circumstances), the electorate of this election consisted only of members of the party's Central Committee. Candidates Danny Atar, leader of the Gilboa Regional Council since 1994 Shimon Peres, former party leader (1977–1992; 1995–1997), former prime minister (1984–1986; 1995–1996), former unofficial acting prime minister (1977), member of the Knesset since 1959, former minister of defense (1974–1977; 1995–1996), former minister of foreign affairs (1986–1988; 1992–1995; 2001–2002) Efraim Sneh, member of the Knesset since 1992, former minister of transportation (2001–2002), former minister of health (1994–1996) Results Peres won a strong victory over his two younger rivals. However, his margin of the vote was less than many had anticipated he would receive. This was the fifth and final Israeli Labor Party leadership vote that Peres would win, after the 1977, April 1977, 1980, and 1984 leadership elections. It was also the eight Israeli Labor Party leadership election that Peres had run in, as, in addition to the aforementioned leadership elections that he won, he had unsuccessfully run in the 1974, February 1977, and 1992 leadership elections.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 Peres would go on to unsuccessfully run in one final leadership election when he ran unsuccessfully in the following 2005 leadership election. 2003 Israeli Labor Party interim leadership electionפרס נבחר ליו"ר הזמני: "נחזיר את המפלגה לגדולתה" Peres was elected temporary chairman: "We will return the party to greatness" https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2662173,00.html 2022-06-24 ynet he Shimon Peres 631 49.65 Efraim Sneh 359 28.25 Danny Atar 281 22.11 1,271 100 Abstentions 11 n/a 52 References Category:Israeli Labor Party leadership elections Labor Party interim leadership election Israeli Labor Party Category:June 2003 in Asia Category:Shimon Peres Category:Efraim Sneh