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Justin Siberell is a United States government official who holds the diplomatic rank of Minister-Counselor.
Originally from California, Siberell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and joined the United States Foreign Service in 1993. He went on to serve in embassy and consulate postings in Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Panama, and served as United States Consul General in Dubai. In 2012 he was assigned to the U.S. Department of State's Counter Terrorism Bureau. By 2016 he headed the bureau as Acting Coordinator of Counter Terrorism and, that year, led discussions with Chinese assistant foreign minister Li Huilai on bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation.
On July 27, 2017, Siberell was formally nominated by President of the United States Donald Trump as United States Ambassador to Bahrain.