Zeferino Torreblanca | |
Office: | Governor of Guerrero |
Term Start: | 1 April 2005 |
Term End: | 31 March 2011 |
Predecessor: | René Juárez Cisneros |
Successor: | Ángel Aguirre Rivero |
Office2: | Municipal president of Acapulco |
Term Start2: | 1 April 1999 |
Term End2: | 31 March 2002 |
Predecessor2: | Ana María Castilleja Mendieta |
Successor2: | Alberto López Rosas |
Birth Date: | March 14, 1954 |
Birth Place: | Guadalajara, Jalisco |
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 Party of the Democratic Revolution now affiliated with the (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. In 2015 he received the backing of the (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 (Labor Party).