Jerusalem ( CNN ) -- Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for taking bribes while mayor of Jerusalem . Olmert was also fined 1 million shekels ( about $ 289,000 ) , Israeli state radio IB reported . Olmert was convicted in March of receiving about $ 161,000 in bribes related to a controversial Jerusalem housing project called Holyland . The judge acquitted Olmert on a third count of bribery . The developer of Holyland , Hillel Cherney , had been previously convicted of bribing Olmert and other high-level officials in exchange for Holyland approvals . Olmert was mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003 . Olmert , an attorney who in 1973 became the youngest person ever elected to Israel 's parliament , the Knesset , served as prime minister from 2006 to 2009 . He announced his resignation shortly after police recommended corruption charges against him . In August 2012 , he was convicted of breach of trust and acquitted on two corruption-related charges after a trial that lasted nearly three years . He was given a 3-month suspended jail sentenced and fined about $ 19,000 in that case . The allegations stemmed from Olmert 's time as mayor as well as prime minister . Prosecutors accused him of double-billing government agencies for travel , taking cash from an American businessman in exchange for official favors and acting on behalf of his former law partner 's clients .
A judge says Ehud Olmert took bribes from a developer while he was mayor of Jerusalem . The court also found that the prime minister had lied to investigators about his knowledge of the deal and said it would not be enough for him to pay back $7.5 million in bribes.