Hardtalk bbc yair lapid biography
Tommy lapid.
Yair Lapid may be the current Prime Minister of Israel, but that won’t be long.
Hardtalk bbc yair lapid biography
He has mere four months to prove as an incumbent Prime Minister until the Israeli legislative elections this coming November. Lapid has served concurrently as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2021.
Before becoming Prime Minister, Lapid served as Alternate Prime Minister with now-former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in a rotation government, from June 2021 to June 2022.
Bennett is now the Alternate Prime Minister.
Lapid’s background was quite different from the other Israeli Prime Ministers. He was a journalist and television personality by profession (he even acted for some time).
Personal life and media career
Yair Lapid was born on November 5, 1963, in Tel Aviv.
His family has been involved in journalism, the media, and literature.
His father, Yosef “Tommy” Lapid (1931 – 2008) was a journalist, playwright, radio and television host, and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minis