Golda Meir was the Prime Minister of what country?
Golda Meir 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
Golda Meir 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)