Golda Meir Politician

Golda Meir (earlier Goldie Myerson, born Goldie Mabovitch, Голда Мабович; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. Israel's first and the world's fourth woman to hold such an office, she was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epithet became associated with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion used to call Meir "the best man in the government"; she was often portrayed as the "strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people".Meir resigned as prime minister in 1974, the year following the Yom Kippur War. She died in 1978 of lymphoma.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Mabovitch Golda; Myerson Golda; גולדה מאיר
Birth date	May 03, 1898
Birth name	Golda Mabovich
Birth place	Russian Empire , Kiev
Nationality	Israel
Religion	Jewish atheism
Date of death	December 08, 1978
Place of death	Jerusalem , Israel
Education	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee
Profession	Diplomat , Teacher

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Office holder

office	Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Labour Minister of Internal Affairs Prime Minister of Israel
other party	Mapai
party	Alignment (political party)
president	Zalman Shazar
prime minister	David Ben-Gurion
successor	Yitzhak Rabin Abba Eban Yosef Burg Mordechai Namir