Zeferino Torreblanca

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Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo (b. March 14, 1954 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution who currently serves as Governor of Guerrero. He is the first non PRI member to hold the position.

[edit] 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 (ITESM).

[edit] Political career

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.

Preceded by René Juárez	Governor of Guerrero 2005 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ana María Castilleja	Municipal president of Acapulco 1999—2002	Succeeded by Alberto López

Current Mexican State Governors
Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés Colima: Silverio Cavazos Durango: Ismael Hernández Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez	Guerrero: Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Hidalgo: Miguel Osorio Chong Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez State of México: Enrique Peña Nieto Michoacán: Leonel Godoy Rangel Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame Castillo Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez Nuevo León: Natividad González Parás Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón	Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla Sonora: Eduardo Bours Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco Zacatecas: Amalia García