Enrique Peña Nieto

Enrique Peña Nieto is a Mexican politician who served as president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018 and led the Institutional Revolutionary Party back to national power.

Mexican energy reform: A 2013 constitutional reform that opened Mexico’s oil and electricity sectors to private investment and competition. Peña Nieto made this reform a centerpiece of his effort to modernize the economy.
Institutional Revolutionary Party: A Mexican political party that governed nationally for most of the period from 1929 to 2000 and returned to the presidency in 2012. Peña Nieto’s election restored the party to the presidency after twelve years out of power.
Atlacomulco Group: An informal network of politicians associated with Atlacomulco, a town in the State of Mexico, and the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Peña Nieto’s rise through State of Mexico politics linked him to this influential political network.
Vicente Fox: A Mexican politician who served as president from 2000 to 2006, ending decades of uninterrupted Institutional Revolutionary Party rule. Fox’s victory began the period of opposition-party presidencies that Peña Nieto’s election ended.
Mexican education reform: A 2013 reform that changed teacher evaluation, professional standards, and governance of Mexico’s public education system. His government’s education changes provoked disputes over teacher assessment and union power.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador: A Mexican politician who succeeded Peña Nieto as president in 2018 after campaigning against corruption and established political parties. His victory marked a sharp electoral rejection of Peña Nieto’s government and party.
Governor of the State of Mexico: The elected executive office governing Mexico’s most populous state. Peña Nieto held this office from 2005 to 2011 before winning the presidency.
National Action Party: A Mexican political party that held the presidency from 2000 to 2012 before losing to Peña Nieto. Its two presidential administrations preceded the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s return under Peña Nieto.
Mexican telecommunications reform: A 2013 reform that strengthened regulation and competition in Mexico’s telecommunications and broadcasting markets. This was another major structural reform negotiated during his presidency.
Felipe Calderón: A Mexican politician who served as president from 2006 to 2012, immediately before Peña Nieto. Calderón’s security policy and party alternation formed the immediate political backdrop to Peña Nieto’s election.

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