Dalia karim biography of albert

Filipina career diplomat

Delia Domingo Albert (born August 11, 1942) is a Filipina career diplomat who served as the first female and 23rd Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs from December 22, 2003 to August 18, 2004.^[2] She was also the first woman career diplomat to serve as foreign minister of a Southeast Asian country.^[3]

Career

Albert received a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of the Philippines Diliman before studying at a number of institutions overseas including the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Albert's career in the Department of Foreign Affairs began as an Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1967.^[4] In 1969 Albert began serving in various capacities in Filipino diplomatic missions abroad: at the delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (1969–1975), at