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    Enrique Peña Nieto

    President of Mexico from 2012 to 2018

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  1. Signature. Enrique Peña Nieto OMRI CYC GCB ( Spanish pronunciation: [enˈrike ˈpeɲa ˈnjeto] ⓘ; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously served as Governor ...

  2. Mar 11, 2024 · Enrique Peña Nieto (born July 20, 1966, Atlacomulco, Mexico) Mexican politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional; PRI) who served as the president of Mexico (2012–18). Prior to becoming president, he served as governor of the state of México (2005–11). Peña Nieto was born in México state and ...

  3. Aug 11, 2020 · Enrique Peña Nieto was Mexico's president in 2012-18. Prosecutors in Mexico have opened a corruption investigation against former President Enrique Peña Nieto. It comes after Emilio Lozoya, the ...

    • Who Is Enrique Peña Nieto?
    • Early Years
    • Political Rise
    • Congressman and Governor
    • President of Mexico
    • El Chapo Arrest and Escape
    • Personal Life and Controversy
    • Final Months in Office

    Interested in politics from the time he was a boy, Enrique Peña Nieto quickly climbed the ranks of power and at the age of 39 was elected governor of the State of Mexico. In 2012, Peña Nieto won the Mexican presidency with 38 percent of the vote. However, his administration was marked by various scandals and an inability to stem the country's viole...

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was born on July 20, 1966, in the Mexican city of Altacomulco, located in the northwest region of the country. The oldest of four children, Peña Nieto had an upper middle-class childhood. His mother, María, worked as a school teacher while his father, Gilberto, was an engineer with the national electric company....

    Peña Nieto's interest in politics was partly the result of proximity. A close family friend, Jorge Jiménez Cantú, served as governor of the State of Mexico, as did his father's cousin, Alfredo del Mazo González. Peña Nieto ended up working for both men during their respective times in office. Peña Nieto earned his law degree in 1989 from Universida...

    After running for and winning several key state offices, including administration secretary (2000-02) and congressman (2002-04), Peña Nieto, who was still not 40, put his hat in the race for governor for the State of Mexico. Hardly a favorite at the outset of his campaign, Peña Nieto proved to be an adept politician and attracted voters with an age...

    While political opponents questioned Peña Nieto’s ability to carry out his campaign promises, his six-year run as governor was largely viewed as successful and made the governor a national figure. Leveraging his reputation, Peña Nieto ran for the Mexican presidency in 2012. Pledging to turn around the country’s economy and continue Mexico’s push to...

    Peña Nieto also received international acclaim in February 2014 when Mexican marines captured Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, head of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel. That goodwill ended, however, when on July 11, 2015, Guzman escaped from the maximum-security prison where he’d been held. The El Chapo case highlighted the unevenness of Peña Niet...

    In 1994, Peña Nieto married Monica Pretelini Saenz. The couple had three children together and remained married until her death in 2007 from an epileptic episode. In January 2012, Peña Nieto revealed that he had fathered two children out of wedlock during his marriage to his first wife. In 2010, Peña Nieto married Angelica Rivera, a soap opera star...

    Limited to one term in office, Peña Nieto could do little to prevent the election of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Party on July 1, 2018. Peña Nieto's successor in the PRI, José Antonio Meade, garnered just 15 percent of the vote, compared with more than 53 percent for the winner. Regardless of the political diffe...

  4. Aug 3, 2022 · The former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto was dogged by scandal during much of his six-year tenure. Gustavo Graf/Reuters. MEXICO CITY — The Mexican attorney general’s office said this ...

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  6. Aug 20, 2020 · Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his treasury secretary are accused by an ex-official of directing a scheme of kickbacks and embezzlement directly from the president’s office.

  7. May 21, 2019 · Biography of Enrique Pena Nieto, Former President of Mexico. Enrique Peña Nieto (born July 20, 1966) is a Mexican lawyer and politician. A member of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), he was elected president of Mexico in 2012 for a six-year term. Mexican presidents are only allowed to serve a single term.

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