| Nicknames: | "Golda /Meir/ Ґольда Мабович" |
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| Birthplace: | Київ, Ukraine |
| Death: | Died in Kibbutz Revivim, Israel |
| Occupation: | Israel prime minister and labor leader, Prime Minister |
| Managed by: | Marlene Kempner Dobrin |
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About Golda Meir, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (Mabovitch), גולדה מאיר
" I have seen my five grandchildren grow up as Jews, in a country that is their own. Let no one have any doubts about this. Our children and our children's children will never settle for anything less." Golda Meir 1973
Meir, Golda (née Mabovitch; 1898-1978)
Israel prime minister and labor leader, was born in Kiev, Russia, where her father was a poor carpenter.
Golda returned to Russia 50 years later as Israel's first minister to Moscow, and was received by thousands of Jews who came to the Moscow Great Synagogue to meet her.
Extreme poverty caused Golda's family to emigrate to the United States in 1906 and settle in Milwaukee, where she later studied in the Normal School for Teachers. Childhood memories of Russian pogroms influenced Golda in becoming a Zionist. Being a socialist as well, she settled in Palestine in 1921 with her husband Morris Myerson, joining kibbutz Merhavyah. Although Golda Meir quickly adjusted to the hard conditions of kibbutz life, she soon became involved in political and social activities that took her away from the kibbutz.
In 1928 she became the executive secretary of Mo'ezet ha-Po'alot (women's labor union) and was sent as an emissary to the Pioneer Women's Organization in the United States from 1932--1934. On her return to Palestine in 1934, she joined the executive committee of the Histadrut (Israellabor union) and later became head of the political department of the Histadrut, a job which helped train her for her eventual role as leading statesman of Israel. In the 1940s, Golda Meir was a major figure during the struggle and difficult negotiations with the British mandatory government.
She took Moshe Sharett's place in 1946 as head of the political department of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem until the establishment of the State in 1948. After that she was appointed minister to Moscow, a post she held until April 1949.
After being elected in 1949 to the Knesset as a Mapai party member, Golda Meir was appointed minister of labor. She began large scale housing and road building programs, and supported a policy of unrestricted immigration.
In 1956 she became foreign minister of Israel and held the post until 1965. As one of the few women to hold so high an office, Golda Meir became a famous international figure. Among her main achievements in foreign relations was extension of Israel aid to African nations. On her retirement from the foreign ministry, she became secretary-general of Mapai.
After the death of Levi Eshkol on February 26, 1969, Golda Meir became the fourth prime minister of Israel. As prime minister she encouraged the emigration of thousands of Soviet Jews to Israel, and strengthened relations with the United States.
Disaster overtook her administration on Yom Kippur, 1973 when Egypt and Syria caught Israel's defenses off guard in a coordinated surprise attack. Following bitter recriminations, Mrs. Meir submitted her resignation and that of her government on April 11, 1974. She continued as head of the caretaker government which successfully negotiated a disengagement of forces agreement with Syria (following an earlier one with Egypt), until the appointment of a new government under Yizhak Rabin on June 3. She then resigned her seat in the Knesset and retired into private life near her daughter and her grandchildren at Kibbutz Revivim.
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Golda Meir, 4th Prime Minister of Israel / גולדה מאיר's Timeline
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May 3, 1898
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Київ, Ukraine
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| 1924 |
1924
Age 25
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| 1926 |
1926
Age 27
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| 1949 |
March 8, 1949
- October 30, 1950
Age 50
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Tel Aviv, Israel
First government of Israel.
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. See photo. In photo, left to right: Golda Myerson (Meir), Minister of Labor; Zalman Shazar, Minister of Education and Culture; Behor Shalom Shitrit, Minister of Police; unidentified; Dov Yosef, Minister of Agriculture, Supply and Rationing; Eliezer Kaplan, Minister of Finance, Trade and Industry; Moshe Shertok (Sharett), Foreign Minister; David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; Ze'ev Sharef, Cabinet Secretary; Pinhas Rosenblueth (Rosen), Minister of Justice; David Remez, Minister of Transport; Moshe Shapira, Minister of Interior, Immigration and Health; Yitzhak Meir Levin, Minister of Social Welfare; Yehuda Maimon (Fishman), Minister of Religious Affairs and War Casualties. חברים בממשלה ה - 1
ראש ממשלה דוד בן-גוריון
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| 1951 |
October 8, 1951
- December 22, 1952
Age 53
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Jerusalem, Israel
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ראש ממשלה דוד בן-גוריון
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| 1954 |
January 26, 1954
- June 29, 1955
Age 55
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Jerusalem, Israel
Fifth government of Israel
Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister See photo. In photo, right to left - seated: Peretz Bernstein, Minister of Trade and Industry; Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister; Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Second President; Golda Meir, Minister of Labor Standing: Yosef Burg, Minister of Posts; Moshe Shapira, Minister of Religious Affairs and Welfare; Behor Shalom Shitrit, Minister of Police; Peretz Naftali, Minister of Agriculture; Dov Yosef, Minister of Development; Yosef Serlin, Minister of Health; Yosef Sapir, Minister of Transport; Ben-Zion Dinur, Minister of Education and Culture; Pinhas Lavon, Minister of Defense; Levi Eshkol, Minister of Finance Missing in photo: Israel Rokach, Minister of Interior; Pinhas Rosen, Minister of Justice; Zalman Aranne, Minister without Portfolio. חברים בממשלה ה - 5
ראש ממשלה משה שרת
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| 1955 |
June 29, 1955
- November 3, 1955
Age 57
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Jerusalem, Israel
Sixth government of Israel
Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister See photo. In photo, right to left: Ze'ev Sharef, Cabinet Secretary (back turned); David Ben-Gurion, Minister of Defense (hidden); Yosef Burg, Minister of Posts; Behor Shalom Shitrit, Minister of Police; Moshe Shapira, Minister of Interior, Religion and Social Welfare; Pinhas Rosen, Minister of Justice; Golda Meir, Minister of Labor; Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Second President; Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister; Dov Yosef, Minister of Development and Health; Peretz Naftali, Minister of Trade and Industry and Agriculture; Levi Eshkol, Minister of Finance; Ben-Zion Dinur, Minister of Education and Culture; Zalman Aranne, Minister of Transport. חברים בממשלה ה - 6
ראש ממשלה משה שרת
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November 3, 1955
- January 7, 1958
Age 57
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Jerusalem, Israel
Seventh government of Israel.
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. See photo. In photo, right to left: Behor Shalom Shitrit, Minister of Police; Yosef Burg, Minister of Posts; Moshe Shapira, Minister of Religious Affairs and Welfare; Golda Meir, Minister of Labor; Israel Bar-Yehuda, Minister of Interior; Israel Barzilai, Minister of Health; Moshe Sharett, Foreign Minister; Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Second President; David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; Mordechai Bentov, Minister of Development; Pinhas Rosen, Minister of Justice; Levi Eshkol, Minister of Finance; Peretz Naftali, Minister without Portfolio; Kadish Luz, Minister of Agriculture; Zalman Aranne, Minister of Education and Culture Missing in photo: Pinhas Sapir, Minister of Trade and Industry; Moshe Carmel, Minister of Transport. חברים בממשלה ה - 7
ראש ממשלה: דוד בן-גוריון
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| 1958 |
January 7, 1958
- December 17, 1959
Age 59
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Jerusalem, Israel
Eighth government of Israel
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense See photo In photo, right to left - seated: Peretz Naftali, Minister of Social Welfare; Pinhas Rosen, Minister of Justice; David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Second President; Golda Meir, Foreign Minister; Israel Bar-Yehuda, Minister of Interior; Levi Eshkol, Minister of Finance
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ראש ממשלה דוד בן-גוריון
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| 1959 |
December 17, 1959
- November 2, 1961
Age 61
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Jerusalem, Israel
Ninth government of Israel
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense See photo. In photo, left to right - seated: Golda Meir, Foreign Minister; Rabbi Yaacov Moshe Toledano, Minister of Religious Affairs, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Second President; David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; Pinhas Rosen, Minister of Justice Standing: Moshe Dayan, Minister of Agriculture; Giora Yoseftal, Minister of Labor; Zalman Aranne, Minister of Education and Culture; Behor Shalom Shitrit, Minister of Police; Mordechai Bentov, Minister of Development; Pinhas Sapir, Minister of Trade and Industry; Moshe Shapira, Minister of Interior; Israel Barzilai, Minister of Health; Abba Eban - Minister without Portfolio; Yosef Burg, Minister of Social Welfare; Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, Minister of Transport; Katriel Katz, Cabinet Secretary Missing in photo: Levi Eshkol, Minister of Finance. חברים בממשלה ה - 9
ראש ממשלה דוד בן-גוריון
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