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unusual facts about Manuel A. Torres


Puerto Rico Electoral Comptroller

The position was created upon enactment of Law 222 of 2011 and the first, and so far, only Electoral Comptroller, Manuel A. Torres, was sworn in by Puerto Rico's Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock on March 8, 2012, after being nominated by Governor Luis Fortuño in January 2012 and confirmed by both houses of the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly.


Degrassi: Extra Credit

The graphic novel series is written by J. Torres and illustrated by Ed Northcott, and it is the basis for a set of Degrassi mangasodes.

Flag of Peru

It was changed several times; before 1950 it looked like the current national flag and was used as both the civil and state flag, when General Manuel A. Odría removed the coat of arms from the national flag and created the state and war flags.

John J. McConnell, Jr.

On November 17, 2008, McConnell sent a letter to U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, expressing his interest in being nominated for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island that had been created by Judge Ernest C. Torres taking senior status.

Love as a Foreign Language

Love As A Foreign Language is a series created by J. Torres and Eric Kim.

Manny Oquendo

He worked in the bands of tropical and Latin music ensembles such as Carlos Valero, Luis del Campo, Juan "El Boy" Torres, Luciano "Chano" Pozo, José Budet, Juanito Sanabria, Marcelino Guerra, José Curbelo, and Pupi Campo.

Manuel A. Esteva

Manuel A. Esteva Ruiz (1878 – December 16, 1936) was the Consul General of Mexico to the United States in 1914 during the Mexican Revolution.

Primum Familiae Vini

The association was established 1993 by Miguel Torres and Robert Drouhin (of Maison Joseph Drouhin), after they had first come up with the idea in 1990.

Ricardo Pérez Godoy

Three main candidates participated in the Peruvian presidential elections of 10 June 1962: Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, founder and leader of the APRA, future president Fernando Belaúnde, and former dictator Manuel A. Odría.

Tonisito M.C. Umali

Umali served as a legislative officer to former Philippine Senator Nikki Coseteng and then Philippine House of Representatives Majority Floor Leader (now Secretary of Department of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) Mar Roxas II.


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