Tommy Lapid
Yosef "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד; born Tomislav Lampel [Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Лампел]; 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a Yugoslav-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State. He was the father of Yair Lapid, who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Israel in 2022.
Tommy Lapid | |
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Lapid reporting from the Eichmann trial in 1961 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2003–2004 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 2003–2004 | Minister of Justice |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1999–2006 | Shinui |
| 2006 | Secular Faction |
| Other roles | |
| 2005 | Leader of the Opposition |
| 2005 | Shadow Prime Minister |
| 2005 | Shadow Vice Prime Minister |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tomislav Lampel 27 December 1931 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia |
| Died | 1 June 2008 (aged 76) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Children | 3, including Yair Lapid |
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