Rodolfo Severino, Jr.

Rodolfo Certeza Severino, Jr. is a Filipino diplomat and was the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1998 to 2002. He is the head of the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore,^[1] and an Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.^[2] 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).^[3] He is also the co-editor of Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century? (2007).^[4]

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

He previously held the following positions^[5][6]

• 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 (1976-1978)
• Philippine Consul General, 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)

Awards

• 2002 - Commander of the Royal Order of Sahametrei, from King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia^[7]
• 2001 - Order of Sikatuna, rank of Rajah, from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines, one of only two non-heads of state to receive the award in that rank^[8]
• 1997 - Order of Sikatuna, rank of Datu, from President Fidel V. Ramos of the Philippines^[9]

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