“When public figures write memoirs, there is always some indecision regarding how much they want to write of things as they were and how much they want to cut corners to avoid riling up others. I decided to write my memoirs exactly as they were, and I will not digress - not when things are ill at ease and not when they are comfortable.”

Israeli politician and lawyer

Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. He is known for his role in national politics and for the public statements that accompanied his years in office. His career combined law and politics, and his name is most closely tied to his tenure as prime minister. The facts available here do not add further biographical detail, so his public record is best understood through that period and the issues he addressed while in office.