Ehud Olmert

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Ehud Olmert
אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט
Olmert in 2006
12th Prime Minister of Israel
In office 4 January 2006 – 31 March 2009 Acting: 4 January 2006 – 14 April 2006
President	Moshe Katsav Shimon Peres
Deputy	Tzipi Livni
Preceded by	Ariel Sharon
Succeeded by	Benjamin Netanyahu
Mayor of Jerusalem
In office 2 November 1993 – 16 February 2003
Preceded by	Teddy Kollek
Succeeded by	Uri Lupolianski
Personal details
Born	(1945-09-30) 30 September 1945 (age 78) Binyamina, Mandatory Palestine
Political party	Likud (1973–2006) Kadima (2006–2015)
Spouse	Aliza Olmert
Children	4 (including Shaul and Dana)
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ehud Olmert (/ˈoʊlmərt, -mɛərt/;^[1] Hebrew: אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט, IPA: [eˈhud ˈolmeʁt] ^ⓘ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006. Between his first and second stints as a cabinet member, he served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. After serving as prime minister, he was sentenced to serve a prison term over convictions for accepting bribes and for obstruction of justice during his terms as mayor of Jerusalem and as trade minister.