ABOUT
Founder of Israel's Yesh Atid Party who became the Prime Minister of Finance of his country in 2013. That same year the Jerusalem Post names him the most influential Jew in the world.He spoke out in favor of negotiating a land settlement between Israel and Palestine and was not afraid to criticize the Israel's ultra-orthodox religious Jews.He came to power around the same time the leader of neighboring Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, rose to the presidency during the Arab Spring.
BEFORE FAMEHe was a reporter for the Israeli Defense Force's weekly magazine Ba-Mahaneh ('In the Camp'), and in 1994 came to host one of the country's most-watched TV talk shows.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married journalist Lihi Lapid; the couple had three children.
FUN FACTSPolitician Yair Lapid were born on Tuesday, birthstone is Topaz, the seaon was Fall in the Chinese year of Rabbite, it is 305 days until Yair Lapid next birthday.