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He was an author, journalist and broadcaster before entering politics in 1999. Born in Yugoslavia in 1931, he later emigrated to Israel in 1948. As of 2003, he was living in Tel Aviv and was married with two children. Lapid is a Holocaust survivor, a fact that affects his opinions about Israel and the world.

1 Public career

He holds a Law degree from Tel Aviv University. Former chairman of the Israeli Chess Union. Former Director of Israel Broadcasting Authority, Chairman of Association of Cable Companies.

Lapid was a journalist in Maariv and wrote both political publicist articles and both humorous articles and satires.

Lapid was also one of the three hosts of Poplitica , a TV show on Channel 1 (The Public Broadcast Authority) which brought politicians to debate on actual affairs. The two other hosts were Amnon Dankner (today the chief editor of Maariv) and Rabbi Israel Aichler (also a Knesset member, but on behalf of ultra-orthdox party Agudat Israel). The three were known in their rather inflammatory and hot-tempered rethoric.

2 Political career

Lapid joined Avraham Poraz 's liberalIn terms of politics, the word liberal (or Liberal can refer to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or something in accordance to this ideology. Note: the words "liberal" or "liberalism" can be different in various countries and can be related to t Shinui party and turned it into a leading party in the Israeli politics. On 1999 general elections Lapid and Shinui won 6 seats and in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U general elections the party won 15 seats - making it the 3rd largest party in the 16th Assembly of the KnessetThe Knesset (, Hebrew for "assembly") is the Parliament of Israel. As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset enacts laws, supervises the work of the government, and has the power to vote to remove the President of the State and the.

As a KnessetThe Knesset (, Hebrew for "assembly") is the Parliament of Israel. As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset enacts laws, supervises the work of the government, and has the power to vote to remove the President of the State and the member Lapid was chairman of Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs.

He currently ( 2004) serves as the Justice MinisterThe Justice Minister is a cabinet position in a government. See: Minister of Justice (Canada) Ministry of Justice (Japan). ( שר המשפטים ) in Ariel Sharon's government.