1984 Herut leadership election

none 1984 Herut leadership election no 1983 Herut leadership election 1983 1992 Likud leadership election 1992 (Likud) 12 April 1984 Yitzhak Shamir (1980) (1).jpg Yitzhak Shamir 407 56.45% PikiWiki Israel 38824 Ariel Sharon (1).jpg Ariel Sharon 306 42.44% Leader Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir The 1984 Herut leadership election was held on 12 April 1984 to elect the leader of the Herut party. It saw the members of Herut's Central Committee reelect Yitzhak Shamir (the incumbent leader and incumbent prime minister), who defeated a challenge from former defense minister Ariel Sharon as well as lawyer Aryeh Chertok. Herut was the main party of the Likud coalition,Merzer Martin Herut Party vote advances Sharon's try for a comeback https://www.newspapers.com/image/630953651 Newspapers.com Miami Herald 13 February 2022 en subscription 10 May 1984 making its leader also the leader of that coalition. Party leaders in Israel are typically the party's candidate to be prime minister in Knesset elections. The election was held in advanced of the July 23, 1984 Knesset election. Candidates Aryeh Chertok, lawyer Yitzhak Shamir, incumbent leader and incumbent prime minister Ariel Sharon, member of the Knesset, minister without portfolio, former minister of Defense, former minister of agriculture Campaign Sharon announced his candidacy on 9 February 1984, in a speech to students at Bar-Ilan University.Sharon bids for Herut Party leadership https://www.newspapers.com/image/238139642 Newspapers.com Daily Press (Newport News) The Associated Press 13 February 2022 en subscription 10 February 1984 Sharon was regarded to be a very controversial figure in Israeli's politics. Before this challenge to Shamir, Sharon had been sidelined in politics for roughly a year, after having been made to resign as defense minister in February 1983 following a government judicial commission inquiry which found him derelict in duty, faulting him for having not managed to prevent the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Sharon's leadership challenge was an effort at a political comeback, aiming to at least receive his position of minister of defense (which was regarded by many the second most-important position in Israeli government, behind prime minister). At the time, Sharon was regarded as a hardliner on issues related to Arabs, both domestically and foreign. During his leadership campaign, Sharon portrayed himself as an underdog hoping to rehabilitate his reputation from what he portrayed to be an unfair degradation. During his campaign, he traveled across the nation to local Herut chapters. He claimed the government inquiry that had led to his ouster as defense minister was unfair, decrying it as, "a mark of Cain on my forehead." Sharon, despite being disgraced by judicial commission inquiry, retained a dedicated base of support among right-wing nationalists. Election procedure The electorate for the leadership election were the 3,000 members of Herut's Central Committee.Haberman Clyde Rabin wins Israeli party leadership in vote that may affect Mideast talks https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/02/20/rabin-wins-israeli-party-leadership-in-vote-that-may-affect-mideast-talks/ Baltimore Sun 8 February 2022 en 20 February 1992Kenig Ofer The Labor Party Primary Elections https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33585 en.idi.org.il Israeli Democracy Institute 16 July 2021 he 1 February 2021 A week before the vote, the party moved to change the required threshold to avoid a runoff election to 40% from the previous 50%. Result Shamir was reelected. However, Sharon's performance was considered strong, with Shamir's reelection being regarded as relatively narrow. The vote was seen as boosting Sharon's political comeback, and indicating a potential divide within the party.Max Arthur Israel's ruling party in trouble as elections near https://www.newspapers.com/image/320486479/ Newspapers.com Tampa Bay Times The Associated Press 13 February 2022 en subscription 3 May 1984 1984 Herut leadership electionShamir Beats Strong SharonBid To Win Party's Prime Minister Candidacy https://www.newspapers.com/image/368893498 Newspapers.com Hartford Courant United Press International 13 February 2022 en subscription 13 Apr 1984 Yitzhak Shamir (incumbent) 407 56.45 Ariel Sharon 306 42.44 Aryeh Chertok 8 1.11 721 100 Aftermath After the leadership election, Sharon continued to stage his political comeback. On May 9, the conference of party leaders which selected Herut's electoral list for the upcoming election placed Sharon in the fourth position on the list. He had made an active effort to campaign for the second position on the list (the party leader automatically would be given the first position), which instead went to David Levy. Nonetheless, fourth place was regarded as a high placement, and was seen as positioning him for a ministerial post should the party be successful in the election. Sharon's comeback frustrated the Israeli Liberal Party, a partner of Herut's in the Likud coalition, who felt his return to prominence saddled the coalition with an extremist image. References Herut leadership Category:Political party leadership elections in Israel Herut Herut leadership election Category:Ariel Sharon Category:Yitzhak Shamir