Domingo Lim Siazon Jr. (July 9, 1939 – May 3, 2016) was a Filipino

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. He served as the Director-General of the

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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). 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

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and Director-General of the

(UNIDO) from 1985 to 1992. Siazon obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in

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from the

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. He earned a second degree in Physics from the

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, where he studied as a Japanese government scholar. He also has a

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from the

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and an economics certificate from the Economic Institute of the

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. In 1997, he was conferred an award of Medal of Merit from the Philippines-Japan Society. He was fluent in Ilocano,

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, and

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. Siazon died on May 3, 2016, in

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, Japan after a battle with

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. He was survived by his wife, Kazuko, their two children, Dan and Ken, and their grandchildren.

External links

Asiaweek interview

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siazon, Domingo 1939 births 2016 deaths Ateneo de Manila University alumni Deaths from cancer in Japan Deaths from prostate cancer Harvard Kennedy School alumni Filipino diplomats People from Cagayan Secretaries of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Ambassadors of the Philippines to Austria 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