Lauro Ortega Martínez (June 8, 1910 – July 22, 1999) was a Mexican politician and veterinarian. He served as the Governor of Morelos from 1982 to 1988, succeeding Armando León Bejarano. Ortega also served as the national President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico's longtime ruling party, during the 1960s. He died from heart attack on July 22, 1999, aged 89.