Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has won a ballot for the leadership of the ruling Kadima party. She defeated her main rival, Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, in a contest that was much tighter than exit polls originally suggested.
The central electoral commission said Livni won 43.1 percent of the vote compared to 42 percent for Mofaz. Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has already congratulated Livni. He is to head a care taker administration until Livni forms a new government. She has 42 days to do this. Livni is now set to become Israel's first female prime minister in more than three decades.
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