Tommy Lapid
![Lapid reporting from the [[Eichmann trial]] in 1961](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Tommy_Lapid_at_Eichman_trial1961_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Joseph "
Tommy"
Lapid (; born
Tomislav Lampel [
]; 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.
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