Ehud Olmert, MK Acting Prime Minister Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor
Minister of Finance
(Kadima)
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Ehud Olmert was born in Binyamina in 1945.

He served in the IDF as combat infantry unit officer and was a military
correspondent for the IDF journal Bamachane. A lawyer by profession, he
holds B.A. and LL.B. degrees in Psychology, Philosophy and Law from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Ehud Olmert was a Knesset Member from 1973, serving on the House,
Constitution, Law & Justice Committee, State Control, Foreign Affairs &&
Defense, Finance, Education & Culture, and Internal Affairs & Environment
Committees.

From 1988-1990 he served as Minister Without Portfolio responsible for
minority affairs, and from 1990 until 1992 as Minister of Health.

In November 1993, Olmert was elected Mayor of Jerusalem, subsequently
resigning from the Knesset in 1998. After his re-election to the Knesset in
2003, he resigned from his position of in February 2003.

In February 2003, Ehud Olmert was appointed Vice Prime Minister and Minister
of Industry, Trade and Labor and Communications, holding the latter
portfolio until January 2005. In August 2005 he was appointed Acting
Minister of Finance, and in November 2005, Minister of Finance.

On January 4, 2006, when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a brain
hemmorhage Olmert was designated Acting Prime Minister in accordance with
with the Basic Law: Government. He also holds the Interior and Social
Welfare portfolios.

He is married, with four children.