Lilia de Lima

For her niece, see Leila de Lima.

Lilia Bagaporo de Lima is a lawyer from the Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for work related to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).[1]

De Lima was born in Iriga, Camarines Sur, into a family of public servants, which includes Senator Leila de Lima.[2] She was a delegate elected to the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971, representing Camarines Sur's 2nd district. She was trained in law and followed a career in government until 1995. She was then invited to serve as PEZA's first Director-General, responsible for promoting and regulating foreign investments in the country's economic zones, a post she held until 2016.[3][4]

In 2006, de Lima was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (2nd Class) by the Emperor of Japan for her work with PEZA.[1]

In 2017, de Lima was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered the east's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. [5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Lilia de Lima extolled / Honesty briefly noted". Philstar Global. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ Elemia, Camille (December 16, 2017). "From power to prison: How 2017 changed the life of De Lima, family". Rappler. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lilia de Lima's legacy: Credible, efficient PEZA". philstar.com.
  4. ^ Canivel, Roy Stephen C. (August 28, 2017). "How ex-Peza chief kept agency corruption-free". INQUIRER.net.
  5. ^ "Lilia de Lima's 21-year work of fighting corruption". Rappler. 4 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Former PEZA Director General Lilia de Lima to receive 2017 Ramon Magsaysay Award". July 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "Ex-PEZA chief De Lima, PETA win Ramon Magsaysay awards". ABS-CBN News.
  8. ^ "SEO". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30.