Fourteenth government of Israel

First Meir Cabinet
14th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	17 March 1969 (1969-03-17)
Date dissolved	15 December 1969 (1969-12-15)
People and organisations
Head of state	Zalman Shazar
Head of government	Golda Meir
Member parties	Alignment National Religious Party Gahal Independent Liberals Poalei Agudat Yisrael Progress and Development Cooperation and Brotherhood
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition leader	Yitzhak-Meir Levin
History
Legislature term	6th Knesset
Predecessor	13th Cabinet of Israel
Successor	15th Cabinet 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.^[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.

Israeli government formation, March 1969

← 1966 17 March 1969 December 1969 →

Nominee Golda Meir Yitzhak-Meir Levin Party Alignment Agudat Yisrael Electoral vote 93 27 Percentage 77.5% 22.5%

Prime Minister before election Levi Eshkol Alignment Elected Prime Minister Golda Meir Alignment