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Tommy Lapid

1931 - 2008

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Joseph "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד; born Tomislav Lampel [Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Лампел]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Lapid is the 10,474th most popular politician (down from 7,726th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 70th most popular Serbian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tommy Lapid ranks 10,474 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Edgars Rinkēvičs, George McGovern, Elizabeth Warren, and Adolf Wagner. After him are Farrokhroo Parsa, Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Heo Gyun, Tini Beg, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Tommy Lapid ranks 209. Before him are Neil Postman, Bobby Collins, David Janssen, Ola Ullsten, Yaakov Ziv, and Ita Ever. After him are Dritëro Agolli, Takashi Ono, Tom Wesselmann, Manolo Escobar, Guido Messina, and George Baker. Among people deceased in 2008, Tommy Lapid ranks 138. Before him are Gerard Damiano, Donald E. Westlake, Mieczysław Rakowski, Christodoulos of Athens, Vice Vukov, and Guillaume Depardieu. After him are Josef Tal, Emmanuel Sanon, Andrew Bertie, Nonna Mordyukova, Robert Mulligan, and Adolfo Suárez Rivera.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Tommy Lapid ranks 154 out of 661. Before him are Vladimir Petrović (1955), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Nataša Kandić (1946), Aleksandar Mitrović (1994), Dušan Tadić (1988), and Petar Živković (1879). After him are Aleksandar Tirnanić (1910), Danilo Popivoda (1947), Momir Bulatović (1956), Dragiša Binić (1961), Bora Kostić (1930), and Milovan Rajevac (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Tommy Lapid ranks 70. Before him are Borisav Jović (1928), Jovan Divjak (1937), Vlastimir (805), Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia (1819), Nataša Kandić (1946), and Petar Živković (1879). After him are Momir Bulatović (1956), Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia (1447), Petar of Serbia (870), Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951), Stojan Protić (1857), and Dragoljub Ojdanić (1941).

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