Rodolfo Severino Jr. | |
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10th Secretary General of ASEAN | |
In office 1 January 1998 – 31 December 2002 | |
Preceded by | Ajit Singh |
Succeeded by | Ong Keng Yong |
Personal details | |
Born | Manila, Philippines | 27 April 1936
Died | 19 April 2019 Manila, Philippines | (aged 82)
Resting place | Libingan ng mga Bayani[1] |
Children | Howie Severino |
Alma mater | Ateneo de Manila University Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies |
Occupation | Diplomat |
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.
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]
Severino died of complications from Parkinson's disease on 19 April 2019, eight days before his 83rd birthday.[9]