Yigal Allon left his mark as a military commander, a statesman, and one of the leaders of the Labor movement.
| 1936-39 | Commander of one of the field units of the Haganah
Commander of a regiment in the Field Corps |
| 1941 | One of the founders of the Palmach |
| 1943-45 | Deputy Commander of the Palmach |
| 1945-48 | Commander of the Palmach |
| 1948-49 | Appointed Lieut.-Gen.; commanded forces in decisive battles during the War of Independence |
| 1950 | Retired from the IDF |
| 1954 | Became one of the leaders of Ahdut Haavodah |
| 1955 | Elected to the Knesset |
| 1961-67 | Minister of Labor |
| 1967-69 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 1969-74 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Culture
Member of the Ministerial Committee on Security and Economy |
| 1974 | Member of the Israeli delegation to the separation-of-forces agreements with Egypt and Syria |
| 1974 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Culture |
| 1974-77 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1977-80 | Member of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security
Chairman of the Knesset Sub-committee on Lebanon |
| 1978-80 | Chairman of the World Labor Zionist movement |
| 1979 | Instrumental in the establishment of Takam, the United Kibbutz Movement |