Haim Mandel Shaked

Haim Mandel Shaked was born in 1958 in Beit She'an

Haim Mandel Shaked was born in Beit She'an on January 20, 1958. His parents, Masha and Yaakov, were Holocaust survivors who raised eight children there. After a Katyusha rocket hit the family home, they moved to Netanya.

He studied at a religious school and was active in the Bnei Akiva youth movement, later joining a Nahal group. He married Michal, whom he met during his army service in Sinai. The couple joined the founding group of Givat HaRadar, which became the basis of Har Adar.

He began his service in Sayeret Matkal and later held command and staff posts in Military Intelligence, reaching the rank of colonel. He served as head of the Chief of Staff's bureau. In 1994 he became military attaché and Defense Ministry representative in Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece and Albania.

After leaving the army he studied strategy and national security at Bar-Ilan University and public administration. In 1999 Ehud Barak appointed him head of the Prime Minister's Office, and he took part in peace talks with Syria and the Palestinians until resigning in August 2000. He then chaired Aeronautics and founded the consulting firm H.M.S.

He joined the Har Adar council in 2013 and lost that year's race for its head. He won in 2018 and again in 2024. In 2019 he completed law studies at the Peres Academic Center.