Zeferino Torreblanca

Zeferino Torreblanca
Governor of Guerrero
In office 1 April 2005 – 31 March 2011
Preceded by	René Juárez Cisneros
Succeeded by	Ángel Aguirre Rivero
Municipal president of Acapulco
In office 1 April 1999 – 31 March 2002
Preceded by	Ana María Castilleja Mendieta
Succeeded by	Alberto López Rosas
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-14) March 14, 1954 (age 70) Guadalajara, Jalisco
Political party	Party of the Democratic Revolution

Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo (born March 14, 1954, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician previously affiliated with the PRD Party of the Democratic Revolution now affiliated with the PT (Labor Party) and former governor of Guerrero.^[1] He is the first non PRI member to hold the position.

Zeferino Torreblanca is the son of Luis Torreblanca González and Luisa Galindo Ochoa. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM).^[2]

In 1993 he unsuccessfully ran for municipal president (mayor) of Acapulco representing the PRD. Then, in 1994, he secured a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico via proportional representation to serve during the LVI Legislature. In 1999 he ran again for municipal president of Acapulco and won. In February 2005 he was elected Governor of Guerrero and left office on March 31, 2011.^[2] In 2015 he received the backing of the PAN (National Action Party) and ran again for municipal president of Acapulco, but lost. In 2018 he ran again for this position, but this time with the PT (Labor Party).

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