First Sharon Government

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The First Sharon Government was the Israeli administration led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that came to power in 2001, marking a shift to a more right-leaning, security-focused leadership during the Second Intifada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli government
cabinet
appointedBy President Moshe Katsav NERFINISHED
budgetaryFocus defense spending
cabinetNumber 29
capital Jerusalem NERFINISHED
coalitionGovernment true
coalitionPartner Center Party NERFINISHED
Gesher NERFINISHED
Labor Party NERFINISHED
Likud NERFINISHED
National Religious Party NERFINISHED
Shas NERFINISHED
United Torah Judaism NERFINISHED
Yisrael BaAliyah NERFINISHED
Yisrael Beiteinu NERFINISHED
country State of Israel NERFINISHED
dissolutionReason coalition breakdown and call for early elections
election 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election NERFINISHED
endDate 2003-02-28
followedBy Second Sharon Government NERFINISHED
governmentHeadTitle Prime Minister of Israel
headOfGovernment Ariel Sharon NERFINISHED
historicalContext Second Intifada NERFINISHED
ideologicalLeader Ariel Sharon NERFINISHED
includedOppositionParty Labor Party GENERATED
keyEvent 2002 West Bank incursions NERFINISHED
Operation Defensive Shield NERFINISHED
keyFocus counterterrorism
security policy
languageOfGovernment Hebrew
legislatureTerm 15th Knesset NERFINISHED
notableLegislation anti-terror and emergency measures
numberOfDeputyMinisters 15 GENERATED
numberOfMinisters 26
parliamentarySystem yes
policyArea Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED
U.S.–Israel relations
settlement policy
politicalOrientation right-wing
precededBy Barak Government NERFINISHED
presidentDuringTerm Moshe Katsav NERFINISHED
primeMinister Ariel Sharon NERFINISHED
reasonForFormation defeat of Ehud Barak in 2001 prime ministerial election
startDate 2001-03-07
stateHeadTitle President of Israel
successorPrimeMinister Ariel Sharon NERFINISHED
typeOfCoalition national unity government

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Barak Government followedBy First Sharon Government