Nelson Torres Yordán (born October 7, 1981) is a Puerto Rican

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affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He was the Speaker in the city legislature of

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 1 ...

, and he was later elected to the

Puerto Rico House of Representatives The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ( es, Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico) is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the bicameral territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The House, together with the Sen ...

in 2012 to represent

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. Torres resigned to his seat in January 2016 to be sworn in as Mayor of

Guayanilla Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 16 ...

. Nelson Torres Yordán earned a Juris Doctor from the

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico) is a private Roman Catholic university with its main campus in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Docto ...

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...

. Torres Yordán was mayor of Guayanilla on January 7, 2020 when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake destroyed the parish church and other structures in Guayanilla Pueblo. A day before a 5.7 magnitude earthquake had destroyed various structures and cars.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres Yordan, Nelson Living people 1981 births People from Guayanilla, Puerto Rico Popular Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico alumni Politicians from Ponce