2005 Likud leadership election

2005 Likud leadership election
19 December 2005 (2005-12-19)
Turnout44.46%
 
Candidate Benjamin Netanyahu Silvan Shalom
Party Likud Likud
Percentage 44.4% 33%
 
Candidate Moshe Feiglin Israel Katz
Party Likud Likud
Percentage 12.4% 8.7%
Likud leader before election

Dan Naveh (leading a council of ministers)
(Previously Ariel Sharon, then Tzachi Hanegbi as acting leader)

 Likud leader after election

Benjamin Netanyahu

A leadership election was held by the Likud party on 19 December 2005. former prime minister and party leader Benjamin Netanyahu defeated Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom, as well as candidates Moshe Feiglin and Israel Katz.

Likud's previous leader, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, initially sought re-election as party leader, and was challenged by Netanyahu and Uzi Landau over his support for the disengagement plan. In November 2005, Sharon left Likud to form Kadima. Following his departure, Silvan Shalom, Moshe Feiglin, Israel Katz and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz announced their own bids for the leadership. Mofaz and Landau withdrew from the race in December, with Landau endorsing Netanyahu and Mofaz leaving Likud and joining Kadima.

Several months after Netanyahu's victory, Likud lost decisively in the 2006 Knesset election. The party later returned to power in 2009.

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