DOTr Secretary resigns, new secretary named by Malacanang
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will have a new Secretary effective February 22, 2025, after its current head honcho, Jaime Bautista, resigned his post effective end of business day of February 21, 2025.
Sec. Bautista has been at the helm of the transportation department since President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., took office in 2022. Sec. Bautista said that he is resigning from his position to “give attention to his health” and to “recuperate from two and a half years of intense public service.”
Vince Dizon
New DOTr Secretary
Malacañang Palace has appointed Vivencio “Vince” Dizon as the new Transportation Secretary.
Before his government office stint, Dizon worked as one of DLSU’s economics professors. In the early 2000s, Dizon also worked in the presidential campaign of Fernando Poe, Jr, and then in the government under President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Dizon also worked as one of Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano’s consultants.
Build, Build, Build! team (Dizon, 2nd from the right)
During the Duterte administration, Dizon was President of BCDA, which he held until 2021, and has handled flagship projects of the admin’s Build, Build, Build!
He will be the 41st Secretary of Transportation once confirmed, and has already been authorized by the Office of the President to begin the transition from Bautista’s DOTr administration. Currently, they are coordinating efforts in the transition period.
