David Sharan

David Sharan was born in 1970

Sharan was born in Tel Aviv. He served in the IDF as an officer and company commander in the Air Force air defense array. He holds a bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern studies and geography from Tel Aviv University, and a master's degree in legal studies and United States history.

As a student he was active in the Likud on campus and chaired the party's youth council. In 1999 he became an adviser to Yuval Steinitz, then chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. From 2009 to 2013 he was Steinitz's chief of staff at the Finance Ministry.

In 2013 he became secretary of the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company. In November 2014 he became head of Netanyahu's bureau. A planned appointment as cabinet secretary was canceled in 2016, and he returned to the pipeline company.

In 2017 he was arrested on suspicion of bribery in the submarine and vessels affair, and in 2021 he was indicted in that case. He was a prosecution witness in Case 4000 and in 2022 retracted his police testimony in court. In 2019 he lost a Likud primary race, and in 2023 he became Netanyahu's political adviser.

In October 2025 Netanyahu named him acting director-general of the Likud, subject to court review. He is married to Hagar Kaufman and lives in Tel Aviv.