Government Timeline The various positions political figures mentioned in the play took while Golda served the Israeli Government. The purpose of this is to see how deep these relationships were by seeing how often Golda worked with these men. Note: Some of these men were replaced by others not mentioned in the play once their term was served.

1949 – 1956, Mapai Party: Founder: David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister: David Ben-Gurion (1948-1954), Moshe Sharett (1954-1955) President: David Ben Gurion Chief of General Staff: Moshe Dayan Minister of Defense: David Ben-Gurion Minister of Transportation: David Remez Minister of Education & Culture: David Remez Minister of Foreign Affairs: Moshe Sharett Minister of Labor: Golda Meir

1956 – 1966, Mapai Allignment Party: Founder: David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister: Moshe Sharratt (1954-1955), David Ben-Gurion (1955-1963) President: Zalman Shazar Chief of General Staff: Moshe Dayan Minister of Defense: David – Ben Gurion Minister of Foreign Affairs: Golda Meir Minister of Labor: Yigal Allon

1969 – 1974, Mapai Labour Party: Founder: David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister: Golda Meir President: Zalman Shazar Chief of General Staff: Haim Bar-Lev (1968-1972), David Elazar (1972-1974) Minister of Defense: Moshe Dayan Minister of Education & Culture: Yigal Allon Minister of Information: Yisrael Galili Minister of Immigrant Absorption: Yigal Allon Minister without Portfolio: Yisrael Galili

1974-1983, Likud National Liberal Movement (after Golda’s Resignation): Founder: David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister: Menachem Begin President: Ephram Katzir Minister of Defense: Menachem Begin Minister of Foreign Affairs: Yigal Allon (1974-1977), Moshe Dayan (1977-1979) Minister without portfolio: Yisrael Galili

David Ben-Gurion Moshe Sharett

Moshe Dayan David Remez

Zalman Shazar Yigal Allon

Haim Bar-Lev David Elazar

Yisrael Galili Menachem Begin

Ephram Katzir Golda Meir