MARIA THERESA DIZON-DE VEGA
CHIEF OF MISSION I
AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Date of Birth:
10 November 1968
Civil Status:
Married to Ambassador Eduardo Jose A. De Vega (Undersecretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, July 2021 to present)
Education/Research:
- BA English (Cum Laude)-University of the Philippines, Diliman, 1989
- MA English and Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada, 1991
- Juris Doctor, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, Philippines, 1999
- Graduate Diploma in China Business Law (With Distinction), University of Hong Kong, 2005
- Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2008
- Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, admitted in 2000
Professional Designations in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
1995-1996
Principal Assistant, Office of the Undersecretary for Policy, Maritime and Oceans Affairs Unit
1996-1999
Principal then Special Assistant, Office of the Undersecretary for Administration; Acting Board Secretary, Board of Foreign Service Administration; Concurrent, Acting Director, Office of American Affairs
1999-2002
3rd then 2nd Secretary & Vice Consul then Consul, Philippine Embassy in Mexico
2002-2005
Consul and Acting Head of Post, Philippine Consulate General, Hong Kong
2005-2008
Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Concurrently, Head of the Department Legislative Liaison Unit
2008-2011
Minister and Consul General, Philippine Embassy in London, UK
2011-2013
Deputy Consul General, Philippine Consulate General in New York and Manager, Philippine Center in New York
2013-2016
Chief Coordinator, Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
2016-2018
Consul General, Philippine Consulate General in New York and
Vice-Chair, Philippine Center Management Board, New York
2018-2019
Acting Undersecretary for Administration and concurrently
Chief Coordinator, Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Acting Chairperson, Board of Foreign Service Administration
Member, Board of Foreign Service Examination
2019-2021
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
2021 (26 July 2021)
Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Awards:
Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Dakilang Kasugo (Gold Distinction)
Order of Lakandula. Rank of Pinuno (Officer)
Gawad Mabini, Rank of Dakilang Kasugo (Commander)
Medal of Civic Merit (Isabela La Catolica) from the Kingdom of Spain
Ambassador of the Year, Asia Society Korea, 2023
Languages:
Filipino, English, Spanish, French, German (Basic), Korean (basic), Kapampangan (Philippine language)
Other Interests:
Writer, The Manila Bulletin (features); Cultural Dictionary for Filipinos (Anvil Publishing), Women in Diplomacy: Remarkable Women Diplomats of the Philippines (2019)
