Haim Shaked

Haim Shaked was born in 1939 in Dupnitsa

Haim Shaked was born in 1939 in Dupnitsa, in the Kingdom of Bulgaria, as Haim Shakerdjiski. He received a Jewish primary education in his town. In April 1949 he and his family immigrated to Israel and settled in Acre.

In 1954 he began studying at the Acre naval officers school. He later earned a bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern studies from Tel Aviv University. In 1977 he studied at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and earned a master's degree in business administration.

He joined the IDF in 1958 for the naval officers course and served as a weapons officer on destroyers. From 1965 he worked on bringing the Sa'ar boats into the Navy, and in 1969 he commanded INS Herev in the Cherbourg boats operation. He later commanded the missile boat flotilla, the Red Sea arena and the personnel directorate, and from 1985 served as naval attaché in the United States.

He left the IDF in 1988 and then ran the company Maritime Security Services, which worked in maritime security and represented foreign companies in Israel. He was married with a son and a daughter. He died in 2018 and was buried in Kfar Saba.