Juan Manuel Carreras Explained

Juan Manuel Carreras
Office:Governor of San Luis Potosí
Term Start:September 26, 2015
Term End:September 25, 2021
Predecessor:Fernando Toranzo Fernández
Successor:Ricardo Gallardo Cardona
Office2:Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 1st district of San Luis Potosí
Term Start2:1 September 2000
Term End2:31 August 2003
Predecessor2:Juana González Ortiz
Successor2:Alfonso Nava Díaz
Website:http://www.slp.gob.mx/index.php
Birth Date:24 April 1962
Birth Place:Charcas, San Luis Potosí
Profession:Lawyer
Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party
Education:Escuela Libre de Derecho (LLB)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (PhD)

Juan Manuel Carreras López (born 24 April 1962) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2000 to 2003 he served as Federal Representative at the LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the State of San Luis Potosí.[1] Also, he served as Secretary of Education in the State of San Luis Potosí.

In January 2015 he was designated by the PRI Party as candidate for Governor of San Luis Potosí.[2] Later, he won the elections and he was sworn as State Governor on September 26, 2015 for a six-year term.[3]

He has more than 68,000 followers on Twitter.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil del legislador. Legislative Information System. 20 March 2015.
  2. News: Flores Hernández. Francisco. Juan Manuel Carreras, candidato del PRI a la gubernatura de SLP. 20 March 2015. El Financiero. 22 January 2015.
  3. News: Carreras toma posesión como nuevo gobernador de San Luis Potosí. El Financiero .
  4. News: Simon Cox. Protectionism and its risks. The Economist. 7 October 2017.