deputy predecessor successor children birth_place president party office footnotes birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
tzipi livni ariel sharon teddy kollek benjamin netanyahu uri lupolianski 4 -lrb- shaul olmert -rrb- binyamina-giv israel -rrb- ` at ada , mandatory palestine -lrb- now moshe katsav shimon peres likud -- present -rrb- -lrb- 1973 -- 2006 -rrb- kadima -lrb- 2006 12th prime minister of israel mayor of jerusalem * was only the interim prime minister of israel -lrb- distinct under from both forms of acting prime ministers of israel -rrb- the from 14 april 2006 to 4 may 2006 . basic laws of israel , olmert 30 september 1945 14 april 2006 november 1993 aliza olmert olmert.jpg ehud olmert
 31 14 april 2006 * 2003 march 2009 acting : 4 january 2006 -- ehud olmert hebrew university of jerusalem
ehud olmert

ehud olmert -lrb- , ; born 30 september 1945 -rrb- is an israeli politician and lawyer .
he served as 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 .
in 2003 olmert was re-elected to the knesset -lrb- he had earlier served eight terms -rrb- , and became a cabinet minister and acting prime minister in the government of prime minister ariel sharon .
on 4 january 2006 , after sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke , olmert began exercising the powers of the office of prime minister .
olmert led kadima to a victory in the march 2006 elections -lrb- just two months after sharon had suffered his stroke -rrb- , and continued on as acting prime minister .
on 14 april , two weeks after the election , sharon was declared permanently incapacitated , allowing olmert to legally become interim prime minister .
less than a month later , on 4 may , olmert and his new , post-election government were approved by the knesset , thus olmert officially became prime minister of israel .
olmert and his government enjoyed healthy relations with the fatah-led palestinian national authority , which culminated in november 2007 at the annapolis conference .
however , during his tenure as prime minister , there were major military conflicts with both hezbollah and hamas -lrb- predominately in the gaza strip -rrb- .
olmert and minister of defense amir peretz were heavily criticized for their handling of the 2006 lebanon war .
in late 2008 , a ceasefire between hamas and israel ended , which led to the 2008 israel-gaza conflict .
olmert declared that the israeli defense force would target the hamas leadership and infrastructure in the war .
throughout his premiership , olmert was accused of corruption .
facing a challenge for the leadership of kadima from foreign minister tzipi livni , on 30 july 2008 , olmert announced that he would not seek re-election as party leader and that he would resign from his position as prime minister immediately after a new kadima leader was named .
livni won the contest and sought to form a new government in september of that year .
however , livni 's attempts at forming a new government were unsuccessful , and instead an election was scheduled for february 2009 .
on 20 february , israeli president shimon peres chose benjamin netanyahu to become the new prime minister and asked him to form a coalition government , after there was no clear victory in the elections .
netanyahu succeeded olmert on 31 march 2009 .
on 30 august 2009 , an indictment against olmert was served at the jerusalem district court .
the indictment included the following five criminal counts : obtaining by fraud under aggravating circumstances , fraud , breach of trust , falsifying corporate documents , and tax evasion .
the indictment refers to three out of the four corruption-related cases outstanding against him : `` rishon tours '' , `` talansky '' -lrb- also known as the `` money envelopes '' affair -rrb- , and the `` investment center '' .
in july 2012 , he was convicted on one count of `` breach of trust '' and acquitted on two fraud counts .
in march 2014 , he was convicted of bribery , and in may , sentenced to six years ' imprisonment , starting in september .
in september 2014 , the supreme court ruled that olmert could stay out of jail , pending appeal .
however , on 25 may 2015 , olmert was sentenced by the jerusalem district court to eight months in prison following a conviction for fraud and breach of trust in the talansky `` cash envelopes '' affair .
