Joy Aquino Siapno

Joy Aquino Siapno
First Lady of East Timor
In office
February 13, 2008 – April 17, 2008
PresidentFernando de Araújo (acting)
Preceded byMaria Goretti Guterres Marques (2008)
Succeeded byIsabel da Costa Ferreira (2012)
Personal details
Born
Jacqueline Aquino Siapno

c. 1968
Dagupan, Philippines
SpouseFernando de Araújo (died 2015)
ChildrenHadomi
Alma materUniversity 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]

  1. ^ Micua, Leonardo V. (2009-04-17). "Timor Leste interim First Lady comes home to Dagupan". Philippine News Agency. ETAN. Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2021-12-31.