Zeferino Torreblanca

Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo is a Mexican politician previously affiliated with the PRD Party of the Democratic Revolution now affiliated with the PT and former governor of Guerrero. He is the first non PRI member to hold the position.

Personal life and education

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.

Political career

In 1993 he unsuccessfully ran for municipal president 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 PAN and ran again for municipal president of Acapulco, but lost. In 2018 he ran again for this position, but this time with the PT.