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Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon, March 8, 2001.
After Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a massive stroke on January 4, 2006, his deputy, Ehud Olmert, became the acting prime minister of Israel.12
Olmert subsequently led the Kadima party to victory in the March 2006 elections and was formally confirmed as prime minister in April 2006.12