Yair Lapid, Hebrew: יאיר לפיד , (born 5 November 1963 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli politician of Yesh Atid ("There is a Future"). He is the Prime Minister of Israel since July 2022.
Lapid is the founder and party chair of Yesh Atid. He has been a Member of Knesset since 2013, and was Finance Minister in the Third Netanyahu Government from 2013 to 2014. From 17 May 2020 to 13 June 2021, he was the Leader of the Opposition.
In June 2021, he became the Alternate Prime Minister of Israel and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Bennett-Lapid Government.
On 20 June 2022, then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that he would call for a vote to dissolve the Knesset and that he would step down as prime minister shortly after the vote. Naftali resigned on 30 June 2022 and Lapid became prime minister on 1 July 2022.
Previously Lapid worked as an actor, journalist, news anchor and television presenter. He has also written several books.
Yair Lapid is the son of the late politician and journalist Tommy Lapid and playwright and novelist Shulamit Lapid.