What is Ariel Sharon?
{{Infobox prime minister | name = Ariel Sharon | birthname = Ariel Scheinermann | image = Ariel Sharon, by Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution).jpg | caption = Sharon speaking as Israeli Foreign Minister in the United States, 1998 | order = [[List of Prime Ministers of Israel|11th]] | office = Prime Minister of Israel | term_start = 7 March 2001 | term_end = 14 April 2006* | president = [[Moshe Katsav]] | deputy = [[Ehud Olmert]] | predecessor = [[Ehud Barak]] | successor = [[Ehud Olmert]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|2|26}} | birth_place = [[Kfar Malal]], [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|1|11|1928|2|26}} | death_place = [[Ramat Gan]], [[Israel]] | spouse = Margalit Sharon<br>(m. 1953–1962; her death)<br>Lily Sharon<br>(m. 1963–2000; her death) | children = Gur (dead), [[Omri Sharon|Omri]], Gilad | profession = [[Officer (armed forces)|Military officer]] | alma_mater = [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]<br/>[[Tel Aviv University]] | native_name = {{No bold|{{Script/Hebrew|אריאל שרון}}}} }} '''Ariel Sharon''' (February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was an [[Israelis|Israeli]] politician of [[Likud]] and later [[Kadima]]. Sharon was [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]] from 2001 to 2006. ==Early life== Sharon was born on February 27, 1928 in [[Kfar Malal]], [[British-Palestine]]. Sharon was in the Israel Army for many years. He fought in numerous battles, and in 1974 he left the [[army]] as General. After leaving the army he decided to go to [[politics]]. ==Politics== In 1977, he became Minister of [[Agriculture]]. In 1981 he became the Minister of Defence. In 1983, he was sent away from the [[government]] as Minister of Defence after he was found to be guilty for not preventing a massacre in [[L