Egidio Torre Cantú (born June 19, 1957 in

Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria () (English: ''Victoria City'') is the seat of the Victoria Municipality, Tamaulipas, Municipality of Victoria, and the capital of the Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tamaulipas. It is located in the Northern Mexico, n ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

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(PRI) who served as governor of

for the term 2011 through 2016.

Personal life

Egidio Torre Cantú was born on June 19, 1957, in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, the eldest child of Egidio Torre López, a medical surgeon and distinguished public servant and PRI activist, and Ana María Cantú Leal. His younger siblings include María Eugenia, María del Consuelo, Rodolfo and Ana. Civil engineer by profession, Egidio holds a bachelor's degree from

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and completed postgraduate studies at the

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. Currently, he is the owner of a construction company by the name of Tohesa, based in

. He is married to María del Pilar González García, with whom he had four children; María Angélica, Egidio Fernando, Emiliano and María Fernanda.

Political career

From 1984 to 1987, Egidio served as Public Works Director for

and from 1987 to 1992, he served as Director of Construction for the state government of

. Subsequently, Egidio served in Ciudad Victoria's

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from 1999 to 2000 and was also temporary mayor of

from 2000 to 2001. Before being confirmed as candidate for governor, Egidio was an active political advisor of the PRI's State Committee.

Candidacy for governor of Tamaulipas

On June 30, 2010, he was confirmed as candidate of ''Todos Tamaulipas'', an electoral alliance comprising the

(PRI), the

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(PVEM), and the

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(PANAL), in substitution of his late brother,

Rodolfo Torre Cantú Rodolfo Torre Cantú (February 14, 1964 – June 28, 2010) was a Mexican people, Mexican physician and politician. He held a number of public offices, such as Federal deputy, Secretary of Health of Tamaulipas and Director-general of the DIF (Nat ...

, assassinated on June 28, 2010.

Governor of Tamaulipas

On July 5, 2010, Mexican media confirmed that Egidio became virtual governor of

after receiving 62.9% of the votes. His closest opponent, José Julián Sacramento of the National Action Party, received 29.5% of the votes."Egidio Torre Cantú arrasa en Tamaulipas por 2 a 1"
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References

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