| David Karem | |
| Office: | Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate |
| Term Start: | October 26, 1999 |
| Term End: | January 6, 2003 |
| Predecessor: | David Williams |
| Successor: | Ed Worley |
| Office1: | Majority Leader of the Kentucky Senate |
| Term Start1: | January 5, 1993 |
| Term End1: | August 22, 1999 |
| Predecessor1: | Joe Wright |
| Successor1: | Dan Kelly |
| State Senate2: | Kentucky |
| District2: | 35th |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 1976 |
| Term End2: | January 1, 2005 |
| Preceded2: | Lacey Smith |
| Succeeded2: | Denise Harper Angel |
| State House3: | Kentucky |
| District3: | 34th |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1972 |
| Term End3: | January 1, 1976 |
| Preceded3: | Wilson Wyatt Jr. |
| Successor3: | Gerta Bendl |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1943 |
| Birth Place: | 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.[1] His father was from Lebanon, the late federal judge Fred Karem Kairouz.[2] [3]