Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid ( ) (Born November 5, 1963) is an Israeli journalist, author, TV presenter , and News Anchor . He is the son of politician Yosef (Tomy) Lapid and author Shulamit Lapid . He is married to journalist Lihi Lapid , whom he met while on IDF reserve duty. Lapid was born in Tel Aviv , and started his journalism career as a military correspondent for the IDF 's weekly magazine, Ba-Mahane ("In the Camp"), and writing for the mainstream daily newspaper, Maariv . In 1988, he was appointed editor of the Tel Aviv city newspaper published by the Yedioth Ahronoth group. In 1991, he began writing a weekly column in a nationwide newspaper's weekend supplement, at first for Maariv and later on for its competitor, Yedioth Ahronoth . Lapid's career then expanded to include broadcast journalism. In 1994, he began hosting the Friday evening main interview program on Israel TV's Channel 1, and in that same year had an acting role in an Israeli film , “The Singing of The Siren.” He hosted a talk show on TV's Channel 3, and since 1999 has hosted a talk show on Arutz 2 (TV Channel Two). He has published 7 books and wrote a drama series called “War Room” that was aired on Arutz 2 in 2004. As of January 2008 Lapid is the host of ULPAN SHISHI, the Friday night news-magazine of Channel 2. In the same year his first play, THE RIGHT AGE FOR LOVE went on-stage in the Cameri Theater .

member of the Knesset Yair Lapid ( , born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former news anchor who currently serves as the chairman of the Yesh Atid Party. Prior to his entry into politics in 2012, he was a journalist, author, TV presenter and news anchor . The Yesh Atid Party, which he founded, became the second largest party in the Knesset by winning 19 seats in its first election in 2013. The greater than anticipated results contributed to Lapid's reputation as a leading moderate. In March 2013, following his coalition agreement with Likud , Lapid was appointed as the Israeli Minister of Finance .

Israeli politician member of the Knesset Yair Lapid ( ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist serving as chairman of the Yesh Atid party and opposition leader in the Knesset . He served as Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2014. Before entering politics in 2012, Lapid was an author, TV presenter and news anchor. The centrist Yesh Atid party, which he founded, became the second-largest party in the Knesset by winning 19 seats in its first legislative election in 2013. The greater-than-anticipated results contributed to Lapid's reputation as a leading centrist. In March 2013, following his coalition agreement with Likud , Lapid was appointed to be Minister of Finance and member of the Security Cabinet. In 2013, Lapid ranked first on the list of the "Most Influential Jews in the World" by The Jerusalem Post . He was also recognized in 2013 as one of the leading Foreign Policy Global Thinkers, and ranked as one of TIME Magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World". On 17 May 2020, Yair Lapid became the Leader of the Opposition , after the Thirty-fifth government of Israel was sworn in. Lapid serves on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and the Sub-Committee on Intelligence and the Security Services.

Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 Yair Lapid ( , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been the Leader of the Opposition since January 2023, having previously served in that role from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as the Alternate Prime Minister of Israel and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022. Lapid is the chairman of the centrist Yesh Atid party, and Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2014. Before entering politics in 2012, Lapid was an author, TV presenter and news anchor. The centrist Yesh Atid party, which he founded, became the second-largest party in the Knesset by winning 19 seats in its first legislative election in 2013. The greater-than-anticipated results contributed to Lapid's reputation as a leading centrist. From 2013 to 2014, following his coalition agreement with Likud , Lapid served as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . In 2013, Lapid ranked first on the list of the "Most Influential Jews in the World" by The Jerusalem Post . He was also recognized in 2013 as one of the leading Foreign Policy Global Thinkers, and ranked as one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World". He serves on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and the Sub-Committee on Intelligence and the Security Services. On 17 May 2020, Lapid became the Leader of the Opposition , after the thirty-fifth government of Israel was sworn in. On 5 May 2021, he began talks with other parties to try to form a coalition government. On 2 June 2021, Lapid informed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin that he had agreed to a rotation government with Naftali Bennett and was prepared to replace the incumbent prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The new government was sworn in on 13 June 2021. Lapid became the Prime Minister of Israel on 1 July 2022 after Bennett stepped down as prime minister following the dissolution of the Knesset. Lapid remained prime minister until a new government was formed after the November 2022 election . The Wall Street Journal . The Times of Israel .