"in the 120-seat Knesset. On 26 February 1969, Eshkol became the first Prime Minister to die in office, and was temporarily replaced by Yigal Allon. However, Allon's stint lasted less than a month, as the party persuaded Golda Meir to return to political life and become prime minister in March 1969. Meir was Israel's first woman prime minister, and the third in the world (after Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Indira Gandhi). Meir resigned in 1974 after the Agranat Commission published its findings on the Yom Kippur War, even though it had absolved her of blame. Yitzhak Rabin took over, though he"
"Tzipi Livni Tziporah Malka ""Tzipi"" Livni (; born 8 July 1958) is a prominent Israeli politician. A former Foreign Minister of Israel, she is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition, a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union, and leads the Hatnuah party. Widely considered the most powerful woman in Israel since Golda Meir, Livni has served in eight different cabinet positions throughout her career, setting the record for most government roles held by an Israeli woman. Consequently, she has achieved a number of milestones in Israeli government, as the first female Vice Prime Minister, Justice Minister, Agriculture Minister,"
"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"
"rising"". In the United States of America, women comprise only 19.3% of the House of Representatives. Female representation varies significantly by demographics: most female politicians have represented secular parties, while very few have come from Arab or religious Jewish parties. Golda Meir is the only woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Israel. She was chosen for the job just before the 1969 elections following the death of Levi Eshkol, and ended her job in 1974. She and Tzipi Livni are the only women who served as Foreign Affairs Ministers, Meir having served in the job for 10 years—from"
"Women in governments of Israel Since the founding of the State of Israel, relatively few women have served in the Israeli government, and fewer still have served in the leading ministerial offices. While Israel is one of a small number of countries where a woman—Golda Meir—has served as Prime Minister, it is behind most Western countries in the representation of women in both the parliament and government. , women comprise 28% of Israel's 120-member Knesset. For comparison (as of 2004), the female ratio in the Arab world is 6.4%, in European Union average is 17.6% and in Scandinavia 40% ""and"
"In the elections during which Golda Meir was to become prime minister, only 8 women got into the Knesset. After the 1973 elections, Golda Meir resigned from her position as prime minister as the result of protests after the Yom Kippur War, and Yitzhak Rabin was chosen to succeed her. In 1974, he appointed Shulamit Aloni as a minister without portfolio. She held this position for 5 months, until she resigned in protest over the appointment of Yitzhak Rafael as the Religious Services Minister, despite the fact that he was suspected of having accepted bribes. In 2015, the first Israeli"
"political party dedicated to ultra-Orthodox women was unveiled, called ""B’Zhutan: Haredi Women Making Change."" Women in governments of Israel Since the founding of the State of Israel, relatively few women have served in the Israeli government, and fewer still have served in the leading ministerial offices. While Israel is one of a small number of countries where a woman—Golda Meir—has served as Prime Minister, it is behind most Western countries in the representation of women in both the parliament and government. , women comprise 28% of Israel's 120-member Knesset. For comparison (as of 2004), the female ratio in the Arab"
"Israel in a legal context and how to deal with moves the Palestinians are trying to make over Israel's head."" Tzipi Livni Tziporah Malka ""Tzipi"" Livni (; born 8 July 1958) is a prominent Israeli politician. A former Foreign Minister of Israel, she is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition, a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union, and leads the Hatnuah party. Widely considered the most powerful woman in Israel since Golda Meir, Livni has served in eight different cabinet positions throughout her career, setting the record for most government roles held by an Israeli woman. Consequently, she"
"Miri Regev Miriam ""Miri"" Regev (; born ""Miriam Siboni"" on May 26, 1965) is an Israeli politician and a former Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces, in which she served as IDF Spokeswoman. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud and Minister of Culture and Sport. On June 14, 2017, she was appointed acting PM to serve while PM Netanyahu would be abroad. Regev was born in Kiryat Gat in 1965 to Sephardi Jewish immigrants. Her father Felix was from Morocco and her mother Mercedes was from Spain. In 1983 she joined the Gadna, where she became"
"the 12th, Golda Meir was the only woman in the Israeli government (though not the parliament). Golda Meir, who started out as a secretary of the Women's Labour Council of Histadrut, and later became the head of the Jewish Agency for Israel's political department, and then an ambassador to the Soviet Union, came back to Israel in 1949 after she was elected to the Knesset, and served as the Israeli Minister of Labor. She held this job for 7 years under a number of Prime Ministers, until in 1956 she became Foreign Minister, a job she held for 10 years"
"by Shulamit Aloni), and Minister of Communications, also for a total of 7 years (6 years by Shulamit Aloni and Limor Livnat, and 1 year by Dalia Itzik). Tzipi Livni was acting Minister of Justice for a month, and then Minister of Justice for almost a year and a half. Ayelet Shaked was appointed as Minister of Justice in 2015. Although a few women did succeed in reaching the leading posts in the Israeli government, a number of them hadn't ever been held by women, such as Defense Minister, Internal Security Minister, Finance Minister. From the first Israeli government until"
"2017 and had representatives from more than 90 countries. Stav Shaffir Stav Shaffir (; born 17 May 1985) is an Israeli politician who is the youngest female Knesset member in Israel's history. Shaffir was placed second in the 13 January 2015 primaries of the Labor Party, and holds the third place in the internal Labor list (or alternatively the fourth place on the combined Labor–Hatnuah list). She was one of a small group of leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy, and later became spokeswoman of the movement. Shaffir was"
"State of Israel [...] will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex."" In 1969, Israel elected Golda Meir as prime minister and became the fourth country to have a woman holding such an office. In 2010, women's parliamentary representation in Israel was 18 percent, which is above the Arab world's average of 6 percent, equal to that of the US Congress, and far below the Scandinavian countries' 40-percent average. The Israeli parliament, The Knesset, has established The Committee on the Status of Women to address women's rights. The stated"
"Since 1974, the official residence of the prime minister is Beit Aghion, at the corner of Balfour and Smolenskin streets in Rehavia. As of March 2017, there are two living former Prime Ministers. The most recent Prime Minister to die was Shimon Peres (1977; 1984–1986; 1995–1996), who died on 28 September 2016. Benjamin Netanyahu, who served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 1999, is currently serving and is thus excluded from this list. Prime Minister of Israel The Prime Minister of Israel (, ""Rosh HaMemshala"", ""lit."" Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: ; , ""Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma"") is the head of"
"Miriam Eshkol Miriam Eshkol (; 1929 – 26 November 2016) was the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. In her years as the Prime Minister's wife (1964–1969) she was closely followed by the public and press, leading numerous public organization in promotion of public causes. Following Levi Eshkol's passing she founded and chaired Yad Levi Eshkol and served as its chairwoman from 1970 to 2008. Miriam Eshkol (née Zelikowitz) was born in Bacău, Romania and emigrated with her parents to the British mandate of Palestine in 1930. She was raised in Ramat Gan and later in Tel Aviv. In"
"Israel in 2008. From 1988 until 1989, she served as an Accounting Assistant at Oya Rural Development Association. From 2000 until 2005, she served as the Managing Director of Eyalama, a local NGO. She served as the Member of Parliament representing the women of Kumi District on the Forum for Democratic Change political party ticket. However, in 2010, she left the FDC and lost her parliamentary seat. On 6 June 2016, she was named State Minister for Teso Affairs. Agnes Akiror is single. She is of the Roman Catholic faith. Agnes Akiror Agnes Akiror Egunyu (born 28 July 1968), more"
"1956 to 1966. Livni is the only woman to serve in the second most important job in the Israeli government, Vice Prime Minister. Once Golda Meir resigned in 1974, it was another 12 years until another woman was appointed as a minister with a portfolio, when Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino was appointed Health Minister, and 18 years until a woman was appointed to any other portfolio, Education Minister. After Golda Meir, the leading jobs which women held are as follows: Education Minister for a total of 9 years (5 of them by Limor Livnat, 3 years by Yuli Tamir and 1 year"
"that ensures Israel's security and identity as a Jewish and democratic state. From 2001 to 2009, Livni served in the cabinets of Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert, most notably as Israel's Foreign Minister, during which time she led multiple rounds of peace talks with the Palestinians. In September 2008, Livni prepared to take office as Prime Minister of Israel, but the political climate in the country prevented her from forming a government. The following year, she led her party to win a plurality of seats in the Knesset, but was again blocked from becoming prime minister, due to the rightist"
"Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin ""Bibi"" Netanyahu (; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician serving as the 9th and current Prime Minister of Israel since 2009, previously holding the position from 1996 to 1999. Netanyahu is also currently a member of the Knesset and the Chairman of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the first Israeli Prime Minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state. Born in Tel Aviv to secular Jewish parents, Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. Netanyahu"
"role of Meir again in the 2006 English-language French movie ""O Jerusalem"". She was played by the Polish actress Beata Fudalej in the 2009 dramatic film ""The Hope"" directed by Márta Mészáros. In Israel, the term ""Golda's shoes"" (""na'alei Golda"") has become a reference to the sturdy orthopedic shoes that Golda favored. These shoes were also supplied to women soldiers in the Israeli army from its foundation to 1987. 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"
"Sixteenth government of Israel The sixteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 10 March 1974, following the December 1973 elections. However, following Meir's resignation as Prime Minister on 11 April, it only remained in office until 3 June, and at just 85 days, was the shortest-lived government in Israeli political history. Meir's coalition consisted of only three parties; the Alignment, the National Religious Party and the Independent Liberals, although the two Israeli Arab Alignment-affiliated parties (Progress and Development and the Arab List for Bedouins and Villagers) had merged into the Alignment following the election, and held 68"
"camps"". Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin ""Bibi"" Netanyahu (; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician serving as the 9th and current Prime Minister of Israel since 2009, previously holding the position from 1996 to 1999. Netanyahu is also currently a member of the Knesset and the Chairman of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the first Israeli Prime Minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state. Born in Tel Aviv to secular Jewish parents, Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit."
"the new alliance. At the time, the Labor Party held 55 seats, and Mapam eight, giving the new Alignment a majority of 63 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. When Eshkol died on 26 February 1969, he was succeeded by Golda Meir, Israel's first, and so far only, female Prime Minister, making Israel one of the first countries in the world to have a woman heading the government. The country's success in the Six-Day War helped the party's popularity, and led to its comprehensive victory in the 1969 elections. Although it lost its majority, the 46.2% of the vote and 56"
"with strong support (unlike previous centrist parties in Israel, which lacked the popularity Kadima now seemed to enjoy). On 4 January 2006 Prime Minister Sharon suffered a massive stroke and went into a coma, and subsequently died in 2014. Designated Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took power, becoming interim Prime Minister 100 days after Sharon's incapacitation. He did not become full Prime Minister due to elections being held in March and a new government being formed. Following the March 2006 elections, which left Kadima as the largest party in the Knesset, Olmert became prime minister. He included Labour, Shas and"
"Miriam Ben-Porat Miriam Ben-Porat (, née Shinezon, 26 April 1918 – 26 July 2012) was an Israeli jurist. She was the first female appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel and the State Comptroller of Israel from 1988–1998. Miriam Shinezon (Ben-Porat) was born in 1918 in Vitebsk, Belarus (then Russia), the youngest of three sisters and four brothers. She grew up in Lithuania, where her parents owned a textile factory. After finishing high school in 1936, she immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine by herself. Most of her family was murdered in the Holocaust. In the Yishuv, she changed"
"Prime Minister of Israel The Prime Minister of Israel (, ""Rosh HaMemshala"", ""lit."" Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: ; , ""Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma"") is the head of government and chief executive of Israel. Israel is a republic with a President as head of state. However, the President's powers are largely ceremonial; the Prime Minister holds the real power. The official residence of the Prime Minister, ""Beit Aghion"" is in Jerusalem. The current Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, the ninth person to hold the position (excluding caretakers). Following an election, the President nominates a member of the Knesset to"
"well as several grandchildren. A former heavy smoker, Mrs Rivlin lives with pulmonary fibrosis. Nechama Rivlin Nechama Rivlin (; born 5 June 1945) is the First Lady of Israel. She is married to the current President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin. Rivlin was born on moshav Herut that her parents, Mendi and Drora Kayla Shulman, helped to establish. Her mother, who had immigrated from the Ukraine, was widowed when Rivlin was a young girl. Rivlin attended local schools and graduated from the Ruppin Regional High School. Medical issues prevented her from starting military service, and in 1964, she enrolled at the"
"Stav Shaffir Stav Shaffir (; born 17 May 1985) is an Israeli politician who is the youngest female Knesset member in Israel's history. Shaffir was placed second in the 13 January 2015 primaries of the Labor Party, and holds the third place in the internal Labor list (or alternatively the fourth place on the combined Labor–Hatnuah list). She was one of a small group of leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy, and later became spokeswoman of the movement. Shaffir was born in Netanya, Israel, and is of Iraqi-Jewish, Polish-Jewish,"
"Fourteenth government of Israel The fourteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 17 March 1969, following the death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on 26 February. She kept the same national unity government coalition, including the newly formed Alignment alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam, as well as Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development, Cooperation and Brotherhood. The only change to the cabinet was the scrapping of the Minister of Information post, with the previous post-holder Yisrael Galili becoming a Minister without Portfolio instead. The government served until"
"elected to the Knesset in 1999 as part of the Center Party. In 2001, she served as Israel's deputy minister of defense. Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995. Rabin was born in Jerusalem to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants and was raised in a Labor Zionist household. He learned agriculture in school and excelled as a student. He led a 27-year career as a soldier. As a"
"to hold such an office, she has been described as the ""Iron Lady"" of Israeli politics, though her tenure ended before that term was applied to 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. Golda Mabovitch () was born on May 3, 1898, in Kiev, Russian Empire, present-day Ukraine, to Blume Neiditch (died 1951)"
"only ""sabra"" Prime Minister to have been born in the modern state after Israel's declaration of independence in 1948; he first took office in 1996, before leaving office in 1999 and returning in 2009. Furthermore, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Olmert were all born in what is now the territory of the State of Israel during the Mandate period. In addition to Netanyahu being the first of the Statehood Generation to serve as Prime Minister, Avraham Burg, speaker of the Knesset from 1999-2003, was also the first Speaker to have been born in the modern state since 1948. Sabra"
"Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon (; , ', also known by his diminutive Arik, , born Ariel Scheinermann, ‎; February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948. As a soldier and then an officer, he participated prominently in the 1948 Palestine war, becoming a platoon commander in the Alexandroni Brigade and taking part in many battles, including Operation Bin Nun Alef. He was an instrumental figure in the"