Domingo Siazon Jr.

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]

Domingo Siazon Jr.
Siazon in 1979
20th 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 María y Campos
Personal details
Born	Domingo Lim Siazon Jr. (1939-07-09)July 9, 1939 Aparri, Cagayan, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Died	May 3, 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan
Spouse	Kazuko Siazon
Children	2
Alma mater	Ateneo de Manila University University of Tsukuba Harvard University
Occupation	Diplomat

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.

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][4][5]