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]