Andrew J. Shapiro

Andrew J. Shapiro (born 1967)[1] is an American attorney and diplomat who served as the 17th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2009 to 2013.

Shapiro is currently a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC, which he founded with partners Jeremy Bash and Philippe Reines in 2013.

While leading the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Shapiro undertook the first major reform of export control efforts in twenty years.

During his tenure, he announced the largest U.S. government foreign military sales package in history and presided over the processing of a record number of United States Munitions List export licenses.

Previously, Shapiro was counsel to the Justice Department's International Competition Policy Advisory Committee, and was an associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling.