Nelson Torres Yordán | |
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Mayor of Guayanilla | |
Assumed office January 30, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Edgardo Arlequín Vélez |
Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from the 23rd District | |
In office January 2, 2013 – January 25, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Julissa Nolasco |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ponce, Puerto Rico |
October 7, 1981
Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
Spouse(s) | Lizandra Avilés Mendoza |
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (B.A. and J.D.) |
Profession | Attorney |
Nelson Torres Yordán (born October 7, 1981) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He was the Speaker in the city legislature of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, and he was later elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives in 2012 to represent District 23. Torres resigned to his seat in January 2016 to be sworn in as Mayor of Guayanilla. Nelson Torres Yordán earned a Juris Doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, Puerto Rico.