1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election Logo haAwoda.svg presidential vote by general membership of party 1995 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 1995 2001 Israeli Labor Party leadership election 2001 3 June 1997 69.2% File:Ehud Barak 1999.jpg Ehud Barak 50.3% File:Yossi Beilin (003900471).jpg Yossi Beilin 28.5% File:Shlomo Ben-Ami (00330064).jpg Shlomo Ben-Ami 14.2% File:Ephraim Sneh (00340206).jpg Efraim Sneh 6.6% Leader Shimon Peres Ehud Barak The 1997 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 3 June 1997 to elect the leader of the Israeli Labor Party. It saw the election of Ehud Barak. Background The leadership vote took place a year after Shimon Peres' narrow defeat in the 1996 Israeli prime ministerial election. After this defeat, Peres decided to not run for reelection as party leader."Beloved abroad, polarizing at home, Peres was the peace-making face of Israel", The Times of Israel, September 28, 2016 Member of the Knesset Uzi Baram initially sought the leadership, but withdrew in December 1996 and endorsed Barak.1997-01-03 ⁨MIDEAST REPORT Uzi Baram drops bid for Labor’s top spot https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/jweekly/1997/01/03/article/43 2025-09-13 Jewish News of Northern California he National Library of IsraelKonig Sarah 1996-12-31 Baram decides not to run, backs Barak https://archive.org/details/TheJerusalemPost1996IsraelEnglish/Dec%2031%201996%2C%20The%20Jerusalem%20Post%2C%20%2319469%2C%20Israel%20%28en%29/page/n1/mode/2up 2025-09-13 The Jerusalem Post 1 Internet Archive Results 69.2% of the 164,837 general party members that were eligible to vote participated in the election. 1997 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 Ehud Barak 50.3 Yossi Beilin 28.5 Shlomo Ben-Ami 14.2 Ephraim Sneh 6.6 69.2 References Category:Israeli Labor Party leadership elections Labor Party interim leadership election Israeli Labor Party Category:June 1997 in Asia Category:Ehud Barak Category:Efraim Sneh