Tommy Lapid
Israeli journalist and politician
Died when: 76 years 157 days (917 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Yosef "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: ???? "????" ????, born as Tomislav Lampel, Serbian Cyrillic: ???????? ??????; 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 became Prime Minister of Israel on 1 July 2022.
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