Kadima wins the 2006 election; Olmert forms a government

After Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke in January 2006, Ehud Olmert led Kadima to victory in the 28 March 2006 election with 29 of 120 seats — the largest party — and formed a coalition. His government oversaw the 2006 Lebanon war, the 2008–09 Gaza war and the Annapolis peace talks.

Referenced entities

Parties

Kadima

Politicians

Ehud Olmert head-of-government

Sources

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Kadima wins the 2006 election; Olmert forms a government [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/28f5dbc7-7710-4a94-97c0-0e721dee8470

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Kadima wins the 2006 election; Olmert forms a government." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/28f5dbc7-7710-4a94-97c0-0e721dee8470.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-28f5dbc7-7710-4a94-97c0-0e721dee8470,
  title     = {{Kadima wins the 2006 election; Olmert forms a government}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/28f5dbc7-7710-4a94-97c0-0e721dee8470},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2006-03-28. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2006-03-28. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.