DFA Designates Career Diplomat Ma. Teresita C. Daza as Spokesperson

DFA Spokesperson Ma. Teresita C. Daza during the Press Briefing at the DFA today. (DFA-OPCD Photo by Philip Adrian Fernandez)

PASAY CITY 28 July 2022 — The Department of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce that Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo has designated the Honorable Ma. Teresita C. Daza as Spokesperson.

A veteran career diplomat, the new Spokesperson brings a wealth of experience to her position. She most recently served as the Philippine Ambassador to Chile, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru. She was also Philippine Ambassador to India, with concurrent jurisdiction over Nepal, and served as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to ASEAN in Jakarta. 

At the Home Office, Ms. Daza occupied positions in key offices such as at the Office of ASEAN Affairs, Office of Protocol and the Office of the Secretary-Economic Diplomacy Unit.

“I am humbled by this new role and assignment,” Ms. Daza said. “With the guidance of  Secretary  Manalo, I hope to assist in the articulation of our country’s position on various foreign policy issues, while keeping the media, especially the DFA Press Corps, abreast with the work of our Department.”

It has been four years since a DFA Secretary last designated a spokesperson, and 18 years since it last had a female spokesperson. The Spokesperson will work alongside the DFA’s Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy. END