Former TV news anchor and columnist who founded Yesh Atid in 2012 on a secular-centrist platform.
עמדות ופועל
- Founded Yesh Atid in 2012; the party broke through to win 19 seats in its first election (2013)
- Served as Finance Minister (2013-14) in Netanyahu's third government
- Served as Foreign Minister (2021-22) and caretaker Prime Minister (2022) in the short-lived Bennett-Lapid government
- Won Yesh Atid's first leadership primary in March 2024, narrowly defeating Ram Ben-Barak
- Long advocated positions opposed by much of religious Israel, including ending the Haredi yeshiva-study draft deferment, civil marriage, and state recognition of non-Orthodox streams
- After Yesh Atid sank to roughly 6-7 seats in polling, announced a joint slate with Naftali Bennett in April 2026 called 'Together' (Beyachad), led by Bennett, to contest the 2026 election
ציטוט הדף הזה
Yair Lapid, מדינת ישראל. https://thestateofisrael.com/he/mk/yair-lapid