Editing Tommy Lapid (section)

{{Short description|Israeli journalist and politician (1931–2008)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Tommy Lapid
| native_name         = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|טומי לפיד}}}}
| native_name_lang    = he
| image               = Tommy Lapid at Eichman trial1961 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Lapid reporting from the [[Eichmann trial]] in 1961
| birth_name          = Tomislav Lampel
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1931|12|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Novi Sad]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2008|06|01|1931|12|27|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Shulamit Lapid|Shulamit Giladi]]|1959}}
| children            = 3, including [[Yair Lapid|Yair]]
| office1             = Ministerial roles
| suboffice1          = [[Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister]]
| subterm1            = 2003–2004
| suboffice2          = [[Justice Minister of Israel|Minister of Justice]]
| subterm2            = 2003–2004
| office3             = Faction represented in the [[Knesset]]
| suboffice3          = [[Shinui]]
| subterm3            = 1999–2006
| suboffice4          = [[Hetz (political party)|Secular Faction]]
| subterm4            = 2006
| office5             = Other roles
| suboffice5          = [[Leader of the Opposition (Israel)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| subterm5            = 2005
| suboffice6          = [[Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid|Shadow Prime Minister]]
| subterm6            = 2005
| suboffice7          = [[Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid|Shadow Vice Prime Minister]]
| subterm7            = 2005
}}
'''Joseph''' "'''Tommy'''" '''Lapid''' ({{langx|he|יוסף "טומי" לפיד}}; born '''Tomislav Lampel''' [<nowiki/>{{lang-sr-Cyrl|Томислав Лампел}}]; 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]]-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and [[Cabinet of Israel|government minister]] known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit.<ref name="IHT-obit">{{cite news |title=Joseph Lapid, journalist and ex-justice minister of Israel, dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/world/africa/01iht-obits.4.13373050.html?_r=0 |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |date=1 June 2008 |access-date=9 January 2014}}</ref> Lapid headed the secular-liberal [[Shinui]] party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the [[Haredi Judaism|ultra-Orthodox]] political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State.<ref>Schmidt, Shira. (3 June 2008) [http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/06/03/tommy-lapid-dylan-thomas www.cross-currents.com website]. Cross-currents.com. Retrieved on 9 September 2011.</ref> He was the father of [[Yair Lapid]], who served as the 14th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] in 2022.