Ehud Olmert
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Ehud Olmert, the acting prime minister, leaves Mr. Sharon's big chair empty at the center of the cabinet table and does not use the prime minister's office. Mr. Olmert has carefully tried to extract himself from Ariel Sharon's huge shadow, forced by politics to create his own identity as a prime minister, and not just as a clever, cigar-smoking aide.