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Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid is a Tel Aviv-born center-left Israeli politician. He is the founder and chairman of the Yesh Atid political party.


Lapid served as the alternate Prime Minister to Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister in a 2021 coalition government. He had also previously served as Finance Minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government from 2013-2014.


Yair Lapid began his public career as a journalist and TV presenter, before branching out into politics in 2012 with the formation of Yesh Atid.

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 Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 26, 2023.

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 Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 26, 2023.

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