David Karem

David Karem
Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate
In office October 26, 1999 – January 6, 2003
Preceded by	David Williams
Succeeded by	Ed Worley
Majority Leader of the Kentucky Senate
In office January 5, 1993 – August 22, 1999
Whip	Fred Bradley Walter Blevins
Preceded by	Joe Wright
Succeeded by	Dan Kelly
Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 35th district
In office January 1, 1976 – January 1, 2005
Preceded by	Lacey Smith
Succeeded by	Denise Harper Angel
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 34th district
In office January 1, 1972 – January 1, 1976
Preceded by	Wilson Wyatt Jr.
Succeeded by	Gerta Bendl
Personal details
Born	(1943-08-31) August 31, 1943 Louisville, Kentucky
Party	Democratic

David K. Karem (born August 31, 1943) was an American politician in the state of Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky Senate and in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Karem was elected to the senate in 1975 when incumbent Lacey Smith did not run for reelection. He did not seek reelection to the senate in 2004. He is a Democrat. His father was from Lebanon, the late federal judge Fred Karem Kairouz.