Xyza Diazen

Parang Barangay Council (2007–2010) In the 2007 elections, Diazen was elected as one of the Barangay councilors of Parang, Marikina. She served as Chairman of the Committee on Barangay Affairs and Committee on Education. With Diazen being sworn in as city councilor on June 30, 2010, aged 24, she became one of the most youngest councilors in the city's history. Diazen was re-elected as to her seat in 2013 and 2016. She was term-limited by 2019.

Tenure As city councilor, Diazen was a member of ten committees in the Marikina city council, namely: Tourism, Culture and Arts, Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (both as chairman), Appropriations, Cooperatives, Communications and Information Technology, Environmental Protection, Parks Development, People's Participation, Ways and Means, and Women's and Family Affairs. She passed five ordinances and 21 resolutions with one of the more significant ordinances she introduced was about the implementation of a Marikina City Disaster Reduction and Management Plan, and the creation of Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committees.

2022 Marikina local election

In 2022, Diazen sought a return to the City Council as a councilor for the second district under the Aksyon Demokratiko party in a coalition led by Del de Guzman. She would later be defeated in the race, placing twelfth out of twenty-seven candidates.

Electoral history