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Article: World Likud elects Sharansky as candidate for Jewish Agency head
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- June 20, 2005
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GIL HOFFMAN
Jerusalem Post
06-20-2005
Headline: World Likud elects Sharansky as candidate for Jewish Agency head
Byline: GIL HOFFMAN
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04
Monday, June 20, 2005 -- World Likud delegates elected former minister Natan Sharansky as their candidate for interim chairman of the Jewish Agency on Sunday at Ramat Gan's Kfar Hamaccabiah Hotel, giving him 38 votes out of 63.
Sharansky had been expected to win the contest by a landslide, but former minister Gideon Patt received a surprisingly high 24 votes and one delegate voted for Likud activist Vladimir Herczberg.
In a possible explanation, several delegates revealed that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son, MK Omri ...