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Filipino diplomat (1936–2019)

Rodolfo Severino Jr.
10th Secretary General of ASEAN
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
ChildrenHowie Severino
Alma materAteneo de Manila University
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
OccupationDiplomat

Rodolfo Certeza Severino Jr. (27 April 1936 – 19 April 2019) was a Filipino diplomat who served as the tenth secretary-general of ASEAN between 1998 and 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, and was an adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore until 2015. He was an Associate Senior Fellow affiliated with the ASC at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. 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). He is also the co-editor of Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? (2007), 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

  • 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.

Awards

References

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  6. Severino, Rodolfo C.; Salazar, Lorraine Carlos (2007). Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century?. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-9812304995.
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Political offices
Preceded byAjit Singh Secretary-General of ASEAN
1998–2002 		Succeeded byOng Keng Yong
Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Order of Lakandula recipients
Grand Collar (Supremo)
Grand Cross (Bayani)
Grand Officer
(Marangal na Pinuno)
Commander (Komandante)
Officer (Pinuno)Domingo Lucenario Jr.
Champion for Life (Kampeon Habang Buhay)
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