Lauro Ortega Martínez

Lauro Ortega Martínez
Governor of Morelos
In office
18 May 1982  18 May 1988
Preceded byArmando León Bejarano
Succeeded byAntonio Riva Palacio
20th President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office
22 November 1965  27 February 1968
Preceded byCarlos A. Madrazo
Succeeded byAlfonso Martínez Domínguez
Personal details
Born(1910-06-08)June 8, 1910
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedJuly 22, 1999(1999-07-22) (aged 89)
Xochitepec, Morelos
Political partyPRI
ProfessionPolitician
Veterinarian

Lauro Ortega Martínez (June 8, 1910 – July 22, 1999) was a Mexican politician and veterinarian.

Ortega served as the national president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico's longtime ruling party, during the 1960s.

In the 1979 mid-term election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the fourth district of Morelos. He then served as the Governor of Morelos from 1982 to 1988, succeeding Armando León Bejarano.

Ortega Martínez died from a heart attack on July 22, 1999, aged 89.