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David Melech Friedman

Person of interest · Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

David Melech Friedman is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	David Friedman · David M. Friedman · David Melech Friedman · Девід М. Фрідман · Дэвид Фридман · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Дэвид Мелех Фридман · דוד מלך הכהן פרידמן · דוד מלך פרידמן · דוד פרידמן · דייוויד מלך פרידמן				[sources]
Weak alias	デイビッド・M・フリードマン				[sources]
Birth date	1958-08-08 · 1959-08-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Woodmere				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
First name	David · M. · Melech				[sources]
Last name	Friedman				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q28018207				[sources]
Position	Former United States Ambassador in Israel · United States Ambassador to Israel (2017-2021)				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts · Columbia University (1970-1978) · Hebrew Academy of Nassau County · New York University School of Law (-1981)				[sources]
Religion	Orthodox Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-24	Last processed	2025-09-24	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

United States Ambassador to Israel (2017–2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-07-22

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Tammy Deborah Sand Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States Ambassador to Israel	2017-05-16	2021-01-20

Data sources

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,792

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,084

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,123

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-5f687cdbfff1de16524aa0205ba5ca0db9bbfac0

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