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Golda Meir

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Golda Meir

1898–1978

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

Victorian Era

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Biography

Golda Meir was the prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and, to date, only female head of government.

Source: Wikipedia · Compiled March 2026 · AI-summarized

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1898
Birth

Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)

May 3 →
1947
Event

Arabische Freischärler greifen einen Kindertransport der Kinder- und Jugend-Alijah in Castel im von der UNO eingerichteten israelischen Teil der Region Palästina an. Im Transport befinden sich als Begleiter prominente Zionisten, unter ihnen auch Golda Meir. Hans Beyth, Nachfolger von Henrietta Szold als Leiter der Kinder- und Jugend-Alijah seit Anfang 1945, wird im anschließenden Feuergefecht getötet.

December 26 →
1969
Event

Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

March 17 →
1974
Event

In Israel löst Jitzchak Rabin die zurückgetretene Golda Meir als Ministerpräsident, Schimon Peres den bisherigen Verteidigungsminister Mosche Dajan ab.

May 29 →
1974
Event

Golda Meir renuncia como primer ministro de Israel. La reemplaza Yitzhak Rabin.

April 10 →
1978
Death

Russian-born Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)

December 8 →

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