Golda Meir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Golda Meir

former prime minister of Israel

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1898

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1978

Profession: teacher, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Golda Meir

  • Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitch; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Born in Kiev, she immigrated to the United States as a child with her family in 1906, and was educated there, becoming a teacher.
  • After marrying, she and her husband immigrated to then Mandatory Palestine in 1921, settling on a kibbutz.
  • Meir was elected prime minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister.
  • The world's fourth and Israel's first and only woman to hold the office, she has been described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics; the term was later applied to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
  • 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.

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