David Mena

David Mena was born in 1953 in Or Yehuda

David Mena was born in 1953 in Or Yehuda, to parents who had immigrated from Iraq. He served in the Israel Defense Forces.

He studied law at Tel Aviv University and became a lawyer. He also studied international relations and criminology at Bar-Ilan University, and earned a diploma in welfare services management from Brandeis University.

He sat on the Ramat Gan city council from 1978 to 1987 and on the Israel Broadcasting Authority plenum from 1984 to 1988. He was deputy director general of the National Insurance Institute from 1984 to 1987 and director general of the Employment Service from 1987 to 1992.

In 1992 he entered the Knesset for Likud and chaired a parliamentary inquiry committee on the Bedouin sector. He lost his seat in 1996 and went back to law. He returned to the Knesset on 5 January 2006, replacing Omri Sharon, and lost the seat again in the 2006 elections.

He ran his own law firm and was a candidate for mayor of Ramat Gan in 2013. He lived in Ramat Gan, was married to Haya, and had 4 children. He died on 18 April 2026.