Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יאיר לפיד, born 5 November 1963 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli politician of Yesh Atid ("There is a Future"). He was the Prime Minister of Israel from July 2022 to December 2022. He has been the Leader of the Opposition since 2023, serving in this position before from 2020 to 2021.

Yair Lapid
יאיר לפיד
Official portrait, 2022
Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 January 2023[1]
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Benjamin Netanyahu
In office 17 May 2020 – 6 April 2021
Prime Minister	Benjamin Netanyahu
Preceded by	Shelly Yachimovich (2019)
Succeeded by	Benjamin Netanyahu
14th Prime Minister of Israel
In office 1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) – 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29)
President	Isaac Herzog
Alternate	Naftali Bennett
Preceded by	Naftali Bennett
Succeeded by	Benjamin Netanyahu
2nd Alternate Prime Minister of Israel
In office 13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) – 30 June 2022
Prime Minister	Naftali Bennett
Preceded by	Benny Gantz
Succeeded by	Naftali Bennett
Leader of Yesh Atid
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2012 (2012-05-01)
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Knesset
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 February 2013 (2013-02-05)
Ministerial roles
2013–2014	Minister of Finance
2021–2022	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Faction represented in the Knesset
2013–2019	Yesh Atid
2019–2020	Blue and White
2020–	Yesh Atid
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-05) 5 November 1963 (age 61) Tel Aviv, Israel
Political party	Yesh Atid
Spouse(s)	Lihi Lapid
Children	3
Parents	Tommy Lapid Shulamit Lapid
Occupation	Politician journalist

Lapid is the founder and party chair of Yesh Atid. He has been a Member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset since 2013, and was Finance Minister in the Third Netanyahu Government from 2013 to 2014. From 17 May 2020 to 13 June 2021, he was the Leader of the Opposition.

In June 2021, he became the Alternate Prime Minister of Israel and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Bennett-Lapid Government.

On 20 June 2022, then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that he would call for a vote to dissolve the Knesset and that he would step down as prime minister shortly after the vote. Bennett resigned on 30 June 2022 and Lapid became prime minister on 1 July 2022.^[2]

During the 2022 Israeli legislative election on 1 November 2022, his Yesh Atid party gained 7 seats, but his coalition partners lost seats, and his government lost the majority in the Knesset. He was succeeded as Prime Minister of Israel by Benjamin Netanyahu on 29 December 2022, and became Leader of the Opposition again.

Previously Lapid worked as an actor, journalist, news anchor and television presenter. He has also written several books, including novels, children's books, a thriller and an autobiography. He was also a songwriter for numerous Israeli musicians. Some of the songs he wrote became hits which reached the top of the music charts in Israel.

Yair Lapid is the son of the late politician and journalist Tommy Lapid and playwright and novelist Shulamit Lapid.

Related pages

• Bennett-Lapid Government