hmmm.. it seems that Rav Avoadia Yosef, and Rav Eliyahu Bakshi Doron, and MK Moshe Gafni, have in the past been in favor of stopping the double chief rabbi situation and moving to one chief rabbi, for basically the same reasons as those who are today promoting it. And I notice Rav Ovadia is not quoted as saying as long as the one chief rabbi is sefardi so we can keep the rishon letzion position...
source: Kikar
And, from reading the biography of Rav Ovadia, I have discovered that he was appointed Rishon Letzion 14 years prior to becoming Chief Rabbi.
It seems the two are not necessarily connected.
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