Jorge Torres López

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Jorge Torres López
Governor of Coahuila
In office
January 4, 2011 – December 1, 2011
Preceded byHumberto Moreira
Succeeded byRubén Moreira Valdez
Personal details
Born (1954-02-20) February 20, 1954 (age 70)
Saltillo, Coahuila
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party

Jorge Juan Torres López (born February 20, 1954 Saltillo, Coahuilla) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Torres served as the Governor of Coahuila from January 4, 2011, until December 1, 2011.

Jorge Torres Lopez previously held office as the Municipal President of Saltillo from 2007 to 2009. In 2011, incumbent Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira left office early to become President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. The Coahuila State Congress selected Torres as interim Governor to fill out the remainder of Moreira's unexpired term.[1]

Jorge Torres Lopez served as Governor until December 1, 2011, when he was succeeded by newly elected Governor Rubén Moreira Valdez.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Chairman of Mexico's PRI Party Humberto Moreira Resigns Amid Scandal". Hispanically Speaking News. 2011-12-03. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-02-11.