Lador. Appointment pending government approval
צילום: פייר תורגמן
Attorney Moshe Lador named new state prosecutor
Pending government approval, former Jerusalem district attorney to replace Eran Shendar, decide whether to indict Prime Minister Olmert in Bank Leumi affair
The selection committee for the position of state prosecutor decided Monday night to recommend Attorney Moshe Lador as Eran Shendar's replacement.
The committee picked Lador, who served as the Jerusalem district attorney until 2003, over five other candidates.
Lador's appointment requires the government's approval. One of the immediate issues he will have deal with is whether to indict Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over the tender for sale of the controlling interest in Bank Leumi.
Lador, 63, specializes in the civil and economic fields. He worked at the State Prosecutor's Office for 25 years, and has been working in the private sector since his retirement in 2003.
State Prosecutor Eran Shendar announced several months ago in a letter to the justice minister, the district attorneys and the media that he planned to quit his job.
"Three years ago I was approached with the offer to accept the role of state prosecutor," Shendar wrote in the letter. "At the time I believed that such a proposal cannot be turned down, but stressed from the outset that I would not complete a full term of three years, but would lead the move over a limited period of time."
