Rodolfo Severino Jr.

Rodolfo Certeza Severino Jr. (27 April 1936 – 19 April 2019)

Career

He was the inaugural head of the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at the

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

• 1997 – Order of Sikatuna, rank of Datu, from President Fidel V. Ramos of the Philippines^[10]
• 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^[11]
• 2002 – Commander of the Royal Order of Sahametrei, from King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia^[12]
• 2017 – Order of Lakandula, rank of Supremo, from President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines (posthumous)^[13]

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