Timeline Tuesday 6 February 2001

Events on Tuesday 6 February 2001 1

• 2001 Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister of Israel Likud leader defeats Ehud Barak in a landslide Ariel Sharon won a special election for prime minister on 6 February 2001, defeating the incumbent Ehud Barak amid the violence of the Second Intifada. He formed a broad unity government and took a hard line on security. He remained in office until incapacitated by a stroke in 2006.