Enrique Pena Nieto
Enrique Pena Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto, GCB, GCIH, RE; born 20 July 1966) is the 57th President of Mexico. His six-year term began in 2012. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, he served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. Peña Nieto was declared "president-elect" after the 2012 general election was declared valid by the Federal Electoral Tribunal, amidst accusations of electoral fraud. He took office on 1 December 2012, succeeding Felipe Calderón...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 July 1966
CountryMexico
Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.
I believe the state needs to control hydrocarbons.
I believe that Mexico, geographically, is located in a privileged position. We serve as the meeting point with North America and the rest of Latin America.
If we don't make sure that Mexico can offer potential investors more input, they'll stop coming to Mexico. They'll go to the United States or other places where it is more economically viable to carry out their projects.
Politics is an instrument that can transform society.
Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.
One of the big goals of my administration will be to reposition Mexico again as an emerging power.
My interest is to establish an agenda of engagement with Mexicans that will respond to Mexicans' most urgent needs.
One single visit is not enough to be able to say that you know Mexico.
More than 1 million U.S. citizens live in Mexico, and my country remains the largest source of immigrants to the United States.
My government's first aim will be to bring peace to Mexico.
There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people.
I have a hard time recalling the titles of books.
You can't consider a president weak because he will have a Congress that Mexican voters have wanted to be co-responsible in the decisions to be taken... It will be through the leadership that I will exercise that we will be able to build the agreements in Congress.