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Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid
יאיר לפיד
Official portrait, 2022
Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 January 2023[1]
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
Preceded byBenjamin Netanyahu
In office
17 May 2020 – 13 June 2021
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
Preceded byShelly Yachimovich (2019)
Succeeded byBenjamin Netanyahu
14th Prime Minister of Israel
In office
1 July 2022 – 29 December 2022
PresidentIsaac Herzog
AlternateNaftali Bennett
Preceded byNaftali Bennett
Succeeded byBenjamin Netanyahu
2nd Alternate Prime Minister of Israel
In office
13 June 2021 – 30 June 2022
Prime MinisterNaftali Bennett
Preceded byBenny Gantz
Succeeded byNaftali Bennett
Leader of the Yesh Atid
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Ministerial offices held
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 June 2021 – 29 December 2022
Prime Minister
  • Naftali Bennett
  • Himself
Preceded byGabi Ashkenazi
Succeeded byEli Cohen
Minister of Finance
In office
18 March 2013 – 2 December 2014
Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
Preceded byYuval Steinitz
Succeeded byBenjamin Netanyahu
Member of the Knesset
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 January 2013
Personal details
Born (1963-11-05) 5 November 1963 (age 61)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Political partyYesh Atid (since 2012)
Other political
affiliations		Blue and White (2019–2020)
SpouseLihi Lapid
Children3
Parents
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist

Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יָאִיר לַפִּיד [jaˈʔiʁ laˈpid]; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician of the centrist Yesh Atid party and a former journalist who has been the Leader of the Opposition since January 2023, having previously served in that role from 2020 to 2021. He had also previously served as the 14th prime minister of Israel from 1 July to 29 December 2022, the second alternate prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett from 2021 to 2022, and also as the Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 to 2014. He is also the leader of Yeah Atid since the party's founding in 2010.[2]

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.[3] He was also recognized in 2013 as one of the leading Foreign Policy Global Thinkers,[4] and ranked as one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World".[5] He serves on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and the Sub-Committee on Intelligence and the Security Services.[6]

On 17 May 2020, Lapid became the Leader of the Opposition, after the thirty-fifth government of Israel was sworn in.[7] On 5 May 2021, he began talks with other parties to try to form a coalition government.[8] 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.[9] The new government was sworn in on 13 June 2021.[10]

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.[11] Serving for only 181 days, he is the shortest-serving permanent Israeli prime minister.

  1. ^ "Leader of the Opposition". Knesset. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Dreams of the father guide Yair Lapid as he eyes Israel's premiership". France 24. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ Jerusalem Post staff (4 May 2013). "Top 50 most influential Jews 2013: Places 1–10". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Yair Lapid – For appealing to Israel's political center". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. ^ Vick, Karl. "The 2013 TIME 100". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Yair Lapid - Yesh Atid". Tel Aviv University. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. ^ Magid, Jacob (17 May 2020). "Lapid predicts 'crooked' new government will fall quickly". Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. ^ Hoffman, Gil (5 May 2021). "Lapid, Bennett hope to form government within a week". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ^ Hoffman, Gil (3 June 2021). "Lapid tells Rivlin: I have succeeded in forming coalition with Bennett". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  10. ^ Lieber, Dov (13 June 2021). "Israel Gets New Government to End Netanyahu's 12-Year Rule". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. ^ Spiro, Amy (1 July 2022). "Yair Lapid takes over as Israel's 14th prime minister". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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