Eduardo F. Ortega was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2025 general conference.
Elder Eduardo F. Ortega was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2025 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy in the Mexico Area. Elder Ortega has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Colombia Cali Mission, bishop, member of a stake presidency, and Area Seventy.
Elder Ortega received a bachelor of science degree in architecture from the John F. Kennedy University, Argentina in 2008 and a master of business administration degree in real estate business from the University of Belgrano in 2016. In 2017, he received a diploma in leadership from Harvard Business School. Elder Ortega worked as a construction project manager, first for SBS Co. and then for Village Roadshow Co. He became real estate director for American Express Company in 2014, board member for ArchRoyale Projects Limited in 2023, and board member for CoreNet Global in 2024.
Eduardo Fransico Ortega was born in Godoy Cruz, Argentina, on July 10, 1977. He married Gabriela Alejandra Cappi Franzia in 2002. They are the parents of three children.