Israel · 1969–1974
Golda Meir
Labor Zionist prime minister through the Yom Kippur War. Welfare-state left at home, security-first abroad.
Golda Meir is on the world-leaders chart for Israel, 1969–1974. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Labor Zionist prime minister through the Yom Kippur War. Welfare-state left at home, security-first abroad.
The dot is economics -4 and authority +24, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is near the middle on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: Labor Zionism and a security policy that would not be surprised. Done: The welfare-state left held. The Yom Kippur War showed the security promise had failed. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are David Ben-Gurion (Israel, -12 / +30) and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukraine, +8 / +18). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.