VICENTE FOX
Name: Vicente Fox Quesada
Born: 2 July 1942 Mexico City, Mexico
Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) was the President of Mexico from 2000 to
2006. He is currently Co-President (with Pier Ferdinando Casini) of the Centrist
Democratic International, an international organization of Christian Democratic
political parties (which includes Mexico's National Action Party as a member).
Fox was elected President of Mexico in the 2000 presidential election, a
historically significant election that made him the first president elected from
an opposition party since Álvaro Obregón in 1920. The 2000 election was also
significant because it was the first presidential election since the end of the
Mexican Revolution to be generally considered competitive and fair. He was
elected with 42 percent of the vote, marking the first time that the then-dominant
Institutional Revolutionary Party had lost a presidential election.
After serving as president of Mexico for six years, President Fox returned to
his home state of Guanajuato, where he resides with his wife and family. Since
leaving the presidency, Vicente Fox has been involved in public speaking and the
construction of the Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum.
Name: Vicente Fox Quesada
Born: 2 July 1942 Mexico City, Mexico
Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) was the President of Mexico from 2000 to
2006. He is currently Co-President (with Pier Ferdinando Casini) of the Centrist
Democratic International, an international organization of Christian Democratic
political parties (which includes Mexico's National Action Party as a member).
Fox was elected President of Mexico in the 2000 presidential election, a
historically significant election that made him the first president elected from
an opposition party since Álvaro Obregón in 1920. The 2000 election was also
significant because it was the first presidential election since the end of the
Mexican Revolution to be generally considered competitive and fair. He was
elected with 42 percent of the vote, marking the first time that the then-dominant
Institutional Revolutionary Party had lost a presidential election.
After serving as president of Mexico for six years, President Fox returned to
his home state of Guanajuato, where he resides with his wife and family. Since
leaving the presidency, Vicente Fox has been involved in public speaking and the
construction of the Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum.