The Elections Committee of the Labor Party unanimously decided to adopt a joint resolution drafted by Raanan Cohen, the chairman of the commission, and Yechiel Bar, the Party General Secretary. According to the proposal elections for chairman of the Labor Party will be held on September 12, 2011.
The current chairman is Michael Harish, who has held the post since January, when Defense Minuster Ehud Barak left to form his own political party. Harish was born in Romania and made aliyah in 1950. He has served as a minister in past Labor governments.