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| Olmert completes Cabinet reshuffle |
| 2007-07-05 |
| JERUSALEM - IsraelÂ’s parliament on Wednesday approved Prime Minister Ehud OlmertÂ’s new Cabinet appointments to fill vacancies created by a series of official scandals. Ronnie Bar-On, a longtime Olmert confidant, took over as finance minister, replacing Avraham Hirchson, who resigned Sunday over a police investigation into allegations of embezzlement at a workersÂ’ union he headed in 2003. The resignation was a blow to Olmert, who considered Hirchson of his Kadima Party a key ally. Olmert named Haim Ramon, another ally, as vice premier. Ramon is a former justice minister under Olmert who was convicted of sexual misconduct earlier this year after forcibly kissing a female soldier. He will step into a post vacated by elder statesman Shimon Peres, who was recently elected as IsraelÂ’s ceremonial president. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Sure, we hit an iceberg, but we got the deck chairs all re=arranged. |
| Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-07-05 09:20 |