Joy Aquino Siapno | |
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First Lady of East Timor | |
In office February 13, 2008 – April 17, 2008 | |
President | Fernando de Araújo (acting) |
Preceded by | Maria Goretti Guterres Marques (2008) |
Succeeded by | Isabel da Costa Ferreira (2012) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacqueline Aquino Siapno c. 1968 Dagupan, Philippines |
Spouse | Fernando de Araújo (died 2015) |
Children | Hadomi |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) SOAS University of London Wellesley College (B.A.) |
Jacqueline "Joy" Aquino Siapno (born c. 1968) is a Filipina-born American political economist, academic, analyst, writer, and musician specializing in Southeast Asia. She served as the First Lady of East Timor from February 13, 2008, until April 17, 2008, during the interim presidency of her husband, Fernando de Araújo. She is the first and only first lady of Filipina descent in East Timor's history.[1]