Domingo Siazon Jr.

Domingo Siazon, Jr.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office May 1, 1995 – January 20, 2001
President	Fidel Ramos Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	Roberto Romulo
Succeeded by	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
Director-General, UNIDO
In office 1985 – December 1992
Succeeded by	Mauricio de Maria y Campos
Personal details
Born	(1939-07-09)July 9, 1939 Aparri, Cagayan, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Died	May 3, 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Ateneo de Manila University
Occupation	Diplomat

Domingo L. 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 2001 to 2005.

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.

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.

He was fluent in Ilokano, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and Tagalog.

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, and grandchildren.

External links

• Asiaweek interview
• Biography at the Philippine Embassy in Japan