Lilia 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]

Not to be confused with Leila de Lima.

She was born in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, into a family of public servants. 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.[2][3]

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

In 2017 she was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered the east's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. [4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Lilia de Lima extolled / Honesty briefly noted". Philstar Global. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. "Lilia de Lima's legacy: Credible, efficient PEZA". philstar.com.
  3. Canivel, Roy Stephen C. (August 28, 2017). "How ex-Peza chief kept agency corruption-free". INQUIRER.net.
  4. "Lilia de Lima's 21-year work of fighting corruption". Rappler.
  5. "Former PEZA Director General Lilia de Lima to receive 2017 Ramon Magsaysay Award". July 28, 2017.
  6. News, ABS-CBN. "Ex-PEZA chief De Lima, PETA win Ramon Magsaysay awards". ABS-CBN News.


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