Cabinet Name: | First Meir Cabinet |
Cabinet Number: | 14th |
Jurisdiction: | Israel |
Flag: | Flag of Israel.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Government Head: | Golda Meir |
State Head: | Zalman Shazar |
Legislature Status: | Coalition |
Political Parties: | Alignment National Religious Party Gahal Independent Liberals Poalei Agudat Yisrael Progress and Development Cooperation and Brotherhood |
Previous: | 13th Cabinet of Israel |
Successor: | 15th Cabinet of Israel |
Legislature Term: | 6th Knesset |
Opposition Leader: | Yitzhak-Meir Levin |
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.[1] 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 the formation of the fifteenth government by Meir on 15 December 1969, following the October elections.
Election Name: | Israeli government formation, March 1969 |
Country: | Israel |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 1966 |
Next Year: | December 1969 |
Election Date: | 17 March 1969 |
1Blank: | Investiture vote - In favor |
2Blank: | Investiture vote - Against |
3Blank: | Investiture vote - Abstain |
Nominee1: | Golda Meir |
Party1: | Alignment (Israel) |
Electoral Vote1: | 93 |
Percentage1: | 77.5% |
Nominee2: | Yitzhak-Meir Levin |
Party2: | Agudat Yisrael |
Electoral Vote2: | 27 |
Percentage2: | 22.5% |
Prime Minister | |
Before Party: | Alignment (Israel) |
After Election: | Golda Meir |
After Party: | Alignment (Israel) |
1 Gvati and Carmel had been elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but resigned their seats in 1966.
2 Kol had been elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberals list, but had resigned after being appointed to the cabinet.
3 Although Barzilai and Bentov were not Knesset members, both were members of Mapam.
4 Although Shapira was not an MK at the time, he had previously been an MK for Mapai, and was elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment.