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Early life

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon was born on December 27, 1951 in Mexico City. His parents were Rodolfo Zedillo Castillo, a mechanic, and Martha Alicia Ponce de León. The last of the uninterrupted seventy year line of Mexican presidents from the National Revolutionary Party to the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Zedillo is one of the technocrat presidents of Mexico, most of them never elected by popular vote, but who instead advanced in bureaucratic rank from administration to administration. Economist by profession for the National Polytechnic Institute, Zedillo earned his Ph.D. at Yale University and returned to Mexico to start a career in finance, occupying various posts in the ruling PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) and in the Bank of Mexico. In 1988, at the age of thirty six, he was named the Secretary of Budget and Planning by the President Carlos Salinas. In 1992, he became the Secretary of Public Education and resigned from the post a year later to run the electoral campaign of Luis Donaldo Colosio, the PRI's presidential candidate. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Nickname: Ciudad de los Palacios Location of Mexico City in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico Federal entity Federal District Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded (as Tenochtitlan) c. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ... Technocracy (techno for technology and cracy for power) is an organizational system in which decision makers and political leaders are selected on the basis of technological knowledge —often because of some conflict or competition where technological escalation is a constant feature. ... The National Polytechnic Institute (in Spanish: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN) is one of the largest Mexican public universities. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born April 3, 1948) was President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (10 February 1950 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican politician who was assassinated during a stop on his presidential campaign. ...

1994 election

Main article: Mexican general election, 1994

In 1994 after Colosio's assassination, Zedillo became one of the few PRI members eligible under Mexican law to take his place, since he had not occupied public office for some time. The general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, August 21, 1994. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ...

The opposition blamed Colosio's murder on Salinas. Although the PRI's presidential candidates were always chosen by the current president, and thus Colosio had originally been Salinas' candidate, their political relationship had been affected by a famous speech during the campaign in which Colosio said that Mexico had many problems. After Colosio's murder, this speech was seen as the main cause of his break with Salinas. The choice of Zedillo was interpreted as Salinas's way of bypassing the strong Mexican political tradition of non-reelection and retaining real power, since Zedillo was not really a politician, but an economist (like Salinas), who clearly lacked Salinas's political talent and influence. It is unclear if Salinas had attempted to control Colosio, who was generally considered at that time to be a far better candidate.

Presidency

Ernesto Zedillo (left) with French president Jacques Chirac.

Lionel Jospin, former Prime minister of France (left) with Ernesto Zedillo.

After winning the election in 1994 (in the cleanest contest at that time), Zedillo was regarded by many as a puppet-president. But after the December Mistake, which, although blamed on Salinas, occurred during his administration, he governed with relative ease, relying on the PRI tradition of loyalty to the current president. Any rumors of obedience to Salinas finished when Raúl Salinas de Gortari, the "inconvenient brother" of the ex-president was convicted of murder. Image File history File links English Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico (left) and Jacques Chirac, president of France (right). ... Image File history File links English Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico (left) and Jacques Chirac, president of France (right). ... Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) has served as the Gaullist President of France since he was first elected in 1995. ... Image File history File links English Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France (left) with Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico (right). ... Image File history File links English Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France (left) with Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico (right). ... Lionel Robert Jospin (born July 12, 1937 in Meudon, a suburb of Paris) is a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997-2002. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The 1994 economic crisis in Mexico was an economic crisis that happened in December 1994 in Mexico. ... Raúl Salinas de Gortari (b. ...

In 2000 Zedillo recognized the electoral victory of opposition candidate Vicente Fox before midnight on election day, paving the way for what seemed an unlikely change of power. For this reason some PRI members consider him a traitor, claiming that the election was too close to admit defeat so soon and that, in any event, the concession should have come from the PRI's candidate, Francisco Labastida, and not the incumbent president. Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the current president of Mexico. ... Francisco Labastida Ochoa is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, who lost the presidential election to Vicente Fox in 2000, the first opposition president in 70 years. ...

Post-presidency

Former president Ernesto Zedillo (right) with current President of México Felipe Calderón.

After leaving office, Zedillo has held many jobs as an economic consultant in many international companies and organizations. As president, he maintained a low profile, with little scandal or accusations of corruption, though his role in the December Mistake is still questioned – he is thought by many to be too good an economist to have done such a poor job of devaluing the peso. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 276 × 192 pixelsFull resolution (276 × 192 pixel, file size: 12 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPUBLICA - MEXICO www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 276 × 192 pixelsFull resolution (276 × 192 pixel, file size: 12 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPUBLICA - MEXICO www. ... Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ... ISO 4217 Code MXN User(s) Mexico Inflation 3. ...

His political motto was Bienestar para tu familia (Wellbeing for your family), still the butt of jokes and irony because of the deep economic crisis caused by the December Mistake. His most lasting act of government was the creation of Progresa, a poverty-fighting program based on subsidizing the poorest families provided their children go to school, later eulogised by the next president, Vicente Fox, who nicknamed it Contigo (With You).

At one public meeting of the World Economic Forum he coined the term globaliphobic to refer to globalization detractors. The term became widely used in Mexico, and was quickly countered by globaliphiliac. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Zedillo currently works at Yale University in the United States, where he teaches economics and heads the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. He is also a member of the board of directors of Procter & Gamble, Union Pacific and Alcoa. Mr. Zedillo is also a member of the [Coca-Cola Company International Advisory Board. Union Pacific owns some of the railroads that Zedillo privatized while being President of México^{[citation needed]}. “Yale” redirects here. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ...

Two massacres took place during the presidency of Zedillo: Aguas Blancas and Acteal. It was strongly suspected that top officers within Zedillo's cabinet were involved^{[citation needed]}, but none of them were ever indicted.

See also

• Cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo

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External links

• (Spanish) Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation
• (Spanish) The website of Ernesto Zedillo during his presidency

Mexican Post-Revolution Presidents

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