# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-zini
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:21.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-zini"
name: "David Zini"
slug: "david-zini"
description: "David Zini is a retired Israel Defense Forces major general, who is serving as the head of the Shin Bet since 5 October 2025. Formerly he served as the head of Training Command and the commander of the General Staff Corps. He also held positions such as the commander of Malach, the commander of the Company and Battalion Commanders Course, the commander of the Idan Formation, the founder and commander of the Oz Brigade, the commander of the Fire Training Center at Malach, the commander of the Alexandroni Brigade, the commander of the Egoz Unit, and the commander of the 51st Battalion."
tagline: "Head of Shin Bet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Zini_Taal_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1974-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.76
  momentum:             5.855312735493594
  historical:           8.649238666666665
  currentAttention:     32.52951519718664
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "ديفيد زيني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zini"
    title: "David Zini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zini"
    title: "David Zini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zini"
    title: "David Zini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "دیوید زینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zini"
    title: "David Zini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99"
    title: "דוד זיני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Зини, Давид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17522853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump