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Golda Meir | |
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גולדה מאיר | |
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| 4th Prime Minister of Israel | |
| In office March 17 1969 – June 3 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Levi Eshkol |
| Succeeded by | Yitzhak Rabin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1898 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 December 1978 (aged 80) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Political party | Mapai, Alignment, Labor |
Golda Meir (pronounced [Gol-da My-ear]; Hebrew: גולדה מאיר, Arabic: جولدا مائير, born Golda Mabovitch, 3 May 1898 - 8 December 1978, known as Golda Myerson from 1917 to 1956) was the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel.
Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel on March 17 1969 after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. She was said to be the "Iron Lady" (a strong-minded woman) of Israel's politics years before that name became said about the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.[1] Meir was Israel's first and so far only female prime minister. She was the world's third female prime minister. The two biggest events of her time as prime minister were the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. After questions about her handling of the war, Meir left her job even though she had been found to be not to blame for problems with the war.
- ↑ Golda Meir, a BBC News profile.