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
I love to go to Acapulco with my family.
I want to initiate a bilateral agenda that helps Mexico and the U.S. together compete with the world better, especially with the economies of Asia and the Pacific.
Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide.
I'm not driving to be a popular president.
Society judges political parties based on the results that they give. When they don't meet the population's needs, when they are not up to expectations, that leaves society free to pick other parties.
Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is.
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.
The United States is already Mexico's largest trading partner.
The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence.
Acting aggressively will allow our youth to aspire for better-paid jobs and find alternatives to criminality.
Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement.
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.
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.