Dato Serbini Ali

Serbini bin Haji Ali (born 10 April 1955) is Brunei's ambassador to the United States.

Education and early career Ali earned a master's degree in law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Diplomatic career Ali started his diplomatic career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980. Two years later, following his service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he acted as second secretary in the High Commission in Singapore. After serving as first secretary at the Bangkok Embassy in 1984, he returned to Brunei as deputy director for protocol and consular affairs. In 1989, Ali was appointed first secretary in Tokyo and returned home in 1992 to serve as deputy director of the Economic Affairs Department. In 1996, following his appointment as director of Asian and Pacific Affairs, he moved to the ministry's policy division. The following year, he transferred to the Multilateral Economic Affairs Division. he relocated to New York, and in 2002 he returned home to serve as deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two years later, he was appointed permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 2008 he served as permanent secretary of the Ministry of Interior. In the same year, he returned to diplomatic service as permanent representative to the European Union and ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg.

Personal life Ali is married with four children.