Romeo C. dela Cruz (born 15 November 1936) is a Filipino lawyer who served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines in 1998.
[1] On November 15, 1936, Romeo de la Cruz was born in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines.
[2] de la Cruz started practicing law as general practitioner and later on joined the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Manila office as an adjudicator.
In 1998 the Solicitor General's post became vacant when Silvestre H. Bello III was appointed interim Secretary of Justice.
During his stint as Solicitor General, he successfully defended cases relating to the expanded value added tax (EVAT), Light Rail Transit III, the police reorganization, and the constitutionality of the death penalty.