President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) chief Vivencio "Vince" Dizon as the next head of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Malacañang announced Thursday.

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed the latest appointment of Dizon, who will replace DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista beginning Feb. 21.

“Vivencio 'Vince' Bringas Dizon is going to be the next of the Department of Transportation, effective February 21, 2025,” Bersamin said in a statement.

“He is already authorized by the Office of the President to start the transition at the DOTr in coordination with the team of Secretary Jaime Bautista, who has resigned due to health reasons,” he added.

As BCDA chief under the Duterte administration, Dizon contributed to the success in the implementation of big-ticket projects under the government’s ambitious “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program.

Dizon also served as the former presidential adviser on the flagship program and projects of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

He also served as the deputy chief Implementer of the National Action Plan Against Covid-19, chief testing czar, and the chief coordinator of the Test, Trace, Treat Program.

Dizon also worked as a consultant of then-Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano from 2013 to 2016; undersecretary for Political Affairs of the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines from 2011 to 2013; and the chief of staff of the Office of Senator Edgardo Angara from 2002 to 2004.

He also became the vice president for corporate communications for Strategic Alliance Holdings Inc. – Technologies from 2007 to 2011.

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