Thomas L. Siebert
Thomas Leland Siebert, born 1946, is an American lawyer and former diplomat. He was born to Virgil and Evelyn Siebert in Cleveland, Ohio, the second of four sons. Siebert was appointed United States Ambassador to Sweden in 1994 by President Bill Clinton and served in this capacity until 1998.
Thomas L. Siebert is currently a Washington attorney with over 40 years of private sector experience and a diplomat during the Clinton Presidency in the 1990s. He specializes in international business and governmental affairs related to telecom, IT, renewable energy and clean technology. He provides counseling to private clients on legislative and regulatory matters, government affairs, and Federal marketing. His wide-ranging background includes owning, operating and managing various businesses, as well as corporate experience in legal, operational and financial areas.
He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors. In 1998, he served as Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference. The ITU – at the time comprised of representatives of 189 Nations - is the United Nations' specialized agency devoted to telecommunications matters and is the highest decision-making body made up of representatives of governments belonging to an international treaty-making organization. Ambassador Siebert served as parliamentarian and negotiator on such contentious issues as Palestinian membership in the ITU.
Ambassador Siebert currently serves on the Diplomatic Council on Energy Security. This Council provides advice to Securing America's Energy Future (SAFE), a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization committed to reducing America's dependence on oil and improving U.S. energy security. Ambassador Siebert also serves on the Board of Advisers of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Project which operates within the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights. The ICC Project’s mission is to strengthen the U.S.-ICC relationship within many American circles. Ambassador Siebert is Chairman of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – North America (SIPRI-NA) headquartered in Washington, DC. SIPRI-NA’s charter is to contribute to policy debates on global and regional security issues through dissemination of SIPRI research, analysis, and recommendations drawn from SIPRI’s global networks. He also serves on the Board of American Citizens Abroad (ACA) Global Foundation. ACA’s mission is to advance and defend the rights of Americans living overseas before the three branches of the U.S. Government and the press.
He lives with his wife, Debbie, in Washington D.C. and is the father of their four children: Sarah, Lauren, Thomas Siebert II (Teddy), and Trevor. Siebert's daughter, Sarah, is married to Orlando Juarez and lives in Birmingham, Michigan, with their two children.
Siebert received his B.A. at Georgetown University in 1968 and his J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center in 1972. Siebert came to know President Clinton during his university years.
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| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by Charles E. Redman |
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden 1994 - 1998 |
Succeeded by Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr. |