Rodolfo Severino Jr.

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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[1]
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)[2] was a Filipino diplomat who served as the tenth secretary-general of ASEAN between 1998 and 2002.

Career[edit]

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.[3] 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).[5] He is also the co-editor of Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? (2007),[6] 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[7][8]

  • 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.[9]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "Index Sc-Sf".
  3. ^ a b "Affiliates - ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute". www.iseas.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Staff Directory: Faculty & Research Staff". www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Aseanstudiescentre.org". Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  6. ^ Severino, Rodolfo C.; Salazar, Lorraine Carlos (2007). Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century?. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-9812304995.
  7. ^ "Severino cv".
  8. ^ "whos who". www.iseas.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Former ambassador Rodolfo Severino Jr. passes away at 82". Manila Bulletin News. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
  11. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.asean.org. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  12. ^ Access my library [dead link]
  13. ^ "Roster of Presidential Awardees under Executive Order 236". Official Gazette. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ajit Singh
Secretary-General of ASEAN
1998–2002
Succeeded by