Enrique Peña Nieto

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Enrique Peña Nieto (2013)
Peña Nieto with the then Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and his wife Angélica Rivera on the day of his inauguration (2012)
Peña Nieto at the celebrations for the 207th birthday of Benito Juárez (2013)

Enrique Peña Nieto (born July 20, 1966 in Atlacomulco , Estado de México ) is a Mexican politician ( PRI ) and was President of Mexico from December 1, 2012 to November 30, 2018 .

He was governor of the state of Mexico from 2005 to 2011 .

Life

Peña Nieto was born the eldest of four siblings and comes from an influential family of politicians. As a high school student, he made the decision to go into politics. Among other things, five of his relatives held the governorship of the most populous Mexican state, México.

Peña Nieto studied law at the Universidad Panamericana and obtained a master's degree in business administration from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey . After working in various ministries in the state of Mexico, he was elected to the Congress of Mexico City in 2003 . In 2005 he won the election as governor of the state of Mexico after he was discovered by the former incumbent Arturo Montiel and built as his successor. He held the office until 2011. During this time, corruption trials against Montiel were discontinued; Peña Nieto's tenure was marked by various judicial scandals and human rights violations.

In early 2012, Peña Nieto was selected as the top candidate of the PRI party for the presidential election in early July 2012, with no internal rivals. In his election campaign he was supported by the largest Mexican television station Televisa . Sections of the population demonstrated against his candidacy and accused him of corruption . Peña Nieto won the presidential election in Mexico against Andrés Manuel López Obrador ( PRD ), despite a recount of more than half of the votes on suspicion of election manipulation following a lawsuit by López Obrador. He took over from Felipe Calderón ( PAN ) on December 1, 2012 . In 2012, critics said Peña Nieto was a puppet of former PRI rulers Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Jorge Hank , ex-mayor of Tijuana , who are suspected of corruption .

During the trial of El Chapo (Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera) on January 15, 2019, a prosecution witness accused Peña Nieto of demanding US $ 250 million in protection money from Guzmán shortly before his election in 2012. Guzmán then traded Nieto down to 100 million US dollars and paid the amount. The witness, Alex Cifuentes, describes himself as Guzmán's former right-hand man. Nieto denied the allegations on his Twitter account.

family

Enrique Peña Nieto was married to the Mexican actress Angélica Rivera from 2010 until the divorce in 2019 . His first wife Mónica Pretelini died of an epileptic fit in 2007 . From this marriage there were three children. He is also the father of two other children.

Web links

Commons : Enrique Peña Nieto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c d Weiss, Sandra: Enrique Peña Nieto: Mexico's enigmatic election winner at zeit.de, July 2, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c FAZ.bet / Matthias Rüb: A new face July 3, 2012
  3. ↑ focus.de, July 3, 2012: Election result in Mexico: Left-wing politician Obrador wants to contest the election result
  4. ^ Spiegel Online , July 2, 2012 / Klaus Ehringfeld: Mexico's future president Peña Nieto: Señor soap opera
  5. ↑ Tens of thousands demonstrate in Mexico: Protest against “corrupt candidates” at taz.de, June 11, 2012
  6. ↑ Mexico: Recount confirms Peña Nieto's election victory at zeit.de, July 6, 2012
  7. ↑ Mexico's President Calderón hands over office to successor Peña Nieto at zeit.de, December 1, 2012
  8. ^ Brendan Pierson: 'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $ 100 million bribe: trial witness. reuters.com, January 15, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Weiss, Sandra: Smarter Sonnyboy with downsides . In: Der Standard , July 3, 2012, p. 28.
personal data
SURNAME Peña Nieto, Enrique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican president
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlacomulco , Estado de México