Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez (born March 22, 1949) is a Mexican

Mexico

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 politician

Politician

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 and current governor

Governor

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 of Campeche

Campeche

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. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party

Institutional Revolutionary Party

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 (PRI), he took office on September 16, 2003. Previous, he served as Secretary of Public Works and Communication for the state of Campeche from September 16, 1997 to March 29, 2000 and mayor of the city of Campeche

Campeche, Campeche

San Francisco de Campeche is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at,...

from October 1, 2000 until November 6, 2002.