Dan Shapiro
| Dan Shapiro | |
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| United States Ambassador to Israel | |
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In office August 3, 2011 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | James Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Tsou (Acting) |
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| Born |
August 1, 1969 Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Fisher |
| Education |
Washington University Brandeis University (BA) Harvard University (MA) |
Daniel B. "Dan" Shapiro (born 1 August 1969) is a diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to the State of Israel. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8, 2011. Previously, he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee, Shapiro was ordered on January 5, 2017 to resign upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Dan Shapiro was born to a Jewish family in Champaign, Illinois, one of four children of novelist Elizabeth Klein Shapiro and University of Illinois English professor emeritus Michael Shapiro. He went to Westview Elementary and Edison Middle school in Champaign, and graduated from the University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois in 1986. He first entered Washington University, spending his sophomore year in Israel, and then transferred to Brandeis University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1991 in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Two years later he earned a master's degree in Middle Eastern Politics from Harvard University.
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