Ehud Olmert And Aliza Olmert Editorial Photo

Ehud Olmert, then Mayor of Jerusalem, and wife Aliza Olmert, attend the opening of the International Arts and Crafts Fair at Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem on July 26, 1999. Aliza Olmert was an artist and photographer and a social worker. Olmert, then in the Likud Party was the capital's mayor from 1993-2003 and Prime Minister from 2006-2009 when leading the Kadima Party. He was not a hard-liner, but rather a pragmatic leader who had extensive negotiations with Palestinians. Nevertheless, during his period of leadership of the government, Israel fought two conflicts, in Lebanon and in Gaza. His government was embroiled in corruption allegations and he eventually had to step down. On March 31, 2014 he was convicted of bribery.