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Article: Israeli PM appoints interim justice minister
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 23, 2006
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Israeli PM appoints interim justice minister
JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
on Wednesday appointed Housing and Construction Minister Meir
Sheetrit as interim justice minister, replacing Haim Ramon, who
resigned on Sunday over accusations of sexual harassment.
Sheetrit will stay in office for a three-month period while Ramon
faces trial, by which time Olmert said he hoped Ramon would be
exonerated, according to local media reports.
Olmert was quoted as saying that he appointed Sheetrit because he
had served as justice minister in the past and was successful in the
position.