Jorge Juan Torres López (born February 20, 1954

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and high ...

, Coahuilla) is a Mexican

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and member of the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

(PRI). Torres served as the Governor of Coahuila from January 4, 2011, until December 1, 2011. Jorge Torres Lopez previously held office as the

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

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1954 births Living people Governors of Coahuila Municipal presidents in Coahuila Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Politicians from Saltillo Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni {{Mexico-politician-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub

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