# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-b-shapiro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:40:26.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-b-shapiro"
name: "Daniel B. Shapiro"
slug: "daniel-b-shapiro"
description: "Daniel Benjamin Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. 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.\nPreviously, 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. On August 30, 2021, President Joe Biden appointed Shapiro as a special liaison to Israel on Iran."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan-Shapiro_2023.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1969-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.496062992125983
  historical:           6.256309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AmbShapiro"
    handle:    "AmbShapiro"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "دانيال بي. شابيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_B._Shapiro"
    title: "Daniel B. Shapiro"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Shapiro"
    title: "Daniel Shapiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95"
    title: "דן שפירו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_B._Shapiro"
    title: "Daniel B. Shapiro"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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