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Article: RAMON, LABOR PARTY MAVERICK, ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY TO HEAD

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April 12, 1994
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Dvorah Getzler
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
04-12-1994
RAMON, LABOR PARTY MAVERICK, ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY TO HEAD. HISTADRUT

Former Health Minister Haim Ramon threw the Labor party into turmoil with his decision this week to run against his party's incumbent candidate for the post of secretary-general of the Histadrut labor federation.

Ramon, 46, has been regarded by many as the Labor Party's best hope for the future as the generation of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin begins to step down.

But with this week's decision, Ramon appears to have put himself beyond the party pale by setting up a non-party list that is specifically intended to stop Haim Haberfeld, the incumbent Histadrut boss ...

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