Rodolfo Severino Jr.

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Rodolfo Severino Jr.
10th Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
In office
1 January 1998 – 31 December 2002
Preceded byAjit Singh
Succeeded byOng Keng Yong
Personal details
Born(1936-04-27)27 April 1936
Manila, Philippines
Died19 April 2019(2019-04-19) (aged 82)
Manila, Philippines
Resting placeLibingan ng mga Bayani[1]
Alma materAteneo de Manila University
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
ProfessionDiplomat

Rodolfo Certeza Severino Jr. (27 April 1936 – 19 April 2019)[2] was a Filipino diplomat best known for his term as the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1998 to 2002.

Career[]

He was the inaugural head of the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore from 2008 to 2015,[3] and was an adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore[4] until 2015. He was an Associate Senior Fellow affiliated with the ASC at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.[5] He is the author of four books: Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN Community (2006), ASEAN (2008), The ASEAN Regional Forum (2009) and Where in the World is the Philippines? (2010).[6] He is also the co-editor of Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? (2007),[7] among other collections.

He studied at Ateneo de Manila University and held a post-graduate degree in international studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

He previously held the following positions[8][9]

  • Third, Second, and First Secretary, Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. (1967–1974)
  • Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (1974–1976)
  • Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires, Philippine Embassy in Beijing (1976–1979)
  • Consul General, Philippine Consulate General in Houston, Texas (1979–1986)
  • Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs and ASEAN Senior Official of the Philippines(1986–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Malaysia (1989–1992)
  • Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and ASEAN Senior Official of the Philippines (1992–1997)
  • Professor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila, the Philippines (2003–2004)
  • Visiting Research Fellow, ISEAS, Singapore, Singapore (2005–2008)

Severino died of complications from Parkinson's disease on 19 April 2019, eight days before his 83rd birthday.[10]

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rita, J. (10 July 2019). "Former ambassador Rodolfo Severino to be buried at Libingan ng mga Bayani". GMA Network. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ https://www.rulers.org/indexs2.html
  3. ^ https://www.iseas.edu.sg/about-us/researchers/asean-studies-centre-list/affiliates
  4. ^ http://www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/Staff_Directory_Faculty_Research.aspx
  5. ^ https://www.iseas.edu.sg/about-us/researchers/asean-studies-centre-list/affiliates
  6. ^ http://www.aseanstudiescentre.org/
  7. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Whither-Philippines-Century-Rodolfo-Severino/dp/9812304991/ref=pd_ybh_1
  8. ^ http://www.asian-affairs.com/biographies/severinocv.html
  9. ^ http://www.iseas.edu.sg/aseanstudiescentre/whoswho.htm
  10. ^ "Former ambassador Rodolfo Severino Jr. passes away at 82". Manila Bulletin News. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  11. ^ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26984165_ITM
  12. ^ http://www.asean.org/resources/2012-02-10-08-47-56/leaders-view/item/the-philippines-stake-in-asean-address-by-her-excellency-mrs-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-president-of-the-philippines-at-the-asean-secretariat-jakarta-13-november-2001
  13. ^ https://groups.yahoo.com/group/philmedals/message/32
Political offices
Preceded by
Ajit Singh 		Secretaries General of ASEAN
1998–2002 		Succeeded by
Ong Keng Yong
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