1984 Herut leadership election
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The 1984 Herut leadership election was held on 12 April 1984[1] to elect the leader of the Herut party. It saw the members of Herut's Central Committee reelect Yitzhak Shamir (the incumbent leader and incumbent prime minister), who defeated a challenge from former defense minister Ariel Sharon as well as lawyer Aryeh Chertok.
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Herut was the main party of the Likud coalition,[2] making its leader also the leader of that coalition. Party leaders in Israel are typically the party's candidate to be prime minister in Knesset elections.[3] The election was held in advanced of the July 23, 1984 Knesset election.[4]