Emilio de la Paz Jr.

Emilio Nuñez de la Paz Jr. (December 29, 1922 – July 15, 1999) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the assemblyman for Pasig–Marikina's at-large district alongside Augusto Sanchez from 1984 to 1986. A member of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization, he previously served as the dean of the College of Law at the Lyceum of the Philippines University.

Early life and education De la Paz was born in 1922 to politician and Spanish-language journalist Emilio de la Paz Sr. (1895–1951) from Marikina, Rizal, and Maria Nuñez. Both his uncle and his cousin, Wenceslao de la Paz and Enrique de la Paz, respectively, served as mayors of Marikina, the former from 1931 to 1938 and the latter in 1945. and earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Santo Tomas. In 1971, de la Paz and journalist-lawyer Augusto "Bobbit" Sanchez served as delegates in the 1971 Constitutional Convention, where they represented the second district of Rizal.

Assemblyman of Pasig–Marikina (1984–1986) In 1984, during the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos, de la Paz was invited to run alongside Bobbit Sanchez in the Batasang Pambansa election for assemblyman of the district of Pasig–Marikina under the UNIDO electoral opposition alliance, but was hesitant to become a candidate due to his lack of funds. Barangay captain Harry Singh of Marikina Heights and his two colleagues attempted to convince him further, but when he remained unmoved, they decided to file a certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in de la Paz's name, which they later presented to de la Paz to finally persuade him to run. During an UNIDO-Laban party meeting, former Marikina councilor Rodolfo B. Valentino became his campaign manager while Singh became his tactician.

Both de la Paz and Sanchez won their seats representing the district of Pasig–Marikina, defeating candidates Danny Floro and Dindo Fernando, who both ran under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL; ), the administration party established by President Marcos. Barangay captain Harry Singh later credited de la Paz with recommending Rodolfo Valentino's appointment as mayor of Marikina to President Aquino in 1986.

As an undersecretary of justice during the Aquino administration, de la Paz assisted political detainees from the Marcos dictatorship in seeking legal recourse for their criminal charges.