Women in The Leading Jobs in The Government
| Portfolio | Name | Dates in office |
| Prime Minister | Golda Meir | 1969–1974 |
| Vice Prime Minister | Tzipi Livni | since 2006 |
| Communications Minister | Shulamit Aloni | 1993–1996 |
| Limor Livnat | 1996–1999 | |
| Dalia Itzik | 2005 | |
| Education Minister | Shulamit Aloni | 1992–1993 |
| Tzipi Livni | since 2006 | |
| Limor Livnat | 2001–2006 | |
| Yuli Tamir | since 2006 | |
| Foreign Affairs Minister | Golda Meir | 1956–1966 |
| Health Minister | Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino | 1986–1988 |
| Internal Affairs Minister | Golda Meir | 1970 |
| Justice Minister | Tzipi Livni | 2004–2006 |
| Labour Minister | Golda Meir | 1949–1956 |
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 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 7 years (5 of them by Limor Livnat, the rest of the time by Shulamit Aloni and Yuli Tamir), 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.
Although a few women did succeed in reaching the leading posts in the Israelli government, a number of them hadn't ever been held by women, such as Defense Minister, Internal Security Minister, Finance Minister.
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