Domingo Siazon Jr.
Template:Short description Template:Philippine name Template:Use mdy Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Domingo Lim Siazon, Jr. (July 9, 1939 – May 3, 2016) was a Filipino diplomat. He served as the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization from 1985 to 1992, the 18th Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001, and the Philippine Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1995 (1st term) and 2001 to 2010 (2nd term).[1]
In 1976, Siazon was named Philippine ambassador to Austria, where he concurrently served as Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna and to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was the former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines and Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) from 1985 to 1992.[2]
Siazon obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the Ateneo de Manila University. He earned a second degree in Physics from the Tokyo University of Education, where he studied as a Japanese government scholar. He also has a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in Massachusetts and an economics certificate from the Economic Institute of the University of Colorado. In 1997, he was conferred an award of Medal of Merit from the Philippines-Japan Society.[3]
He was fluent in Ilocano, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and Tagalog.
As Foreign Secretary, he oversaw the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between the Philippines and North Korea in July 2000.[4]
Siazon died on May 3, 2016, in Tokyo, Japan after a battle with prostate cancer. He was survived by his wife, Kazuko, their two children, Dan and Ken, and their grandchildren.[3][5][6]
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- 1939 births
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- Ateneo de Manila University alumni
- Deaths from prostate cancer in Japan
- Harvard Kennedy School alumni
- People from Cagayan
- Secretaries of foreign affairs of the Philippines
- Ambassadors of the Philippines to Austria
- Permanent representatives of the Philippines to the United Nations Office in Vienna
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization people
- Ambassadors of the Philippines to Japan
- University of Tsukuba alumni
- University of Colorado Boulder alumni
- Estrada administration cabinet members
- Ramos administration cabinet members