President of Mexico

Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico

Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico

A native of Morelia, Michoacán, President Felipe Calderón was born on August 18, 1962.

He obtained a law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, and an MA in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and in Public Administration from the University of Harvard.

President Felipe Calderón occupied top positions in the party, such as National Youth Leader of the PAN in 1986, Secretary General in 1993 and President of National Action during the three-year period from 1996 to 1999. During his parliamentary career, he was a representative of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District in 1988 and federal deputy in 1991.

In 2000 he was part of the 58th Federal Period of Office, in which he served as Parliamentary Coordinator of the PAN and President of the Council of Political Coordination. Within public administration, President Felipe Calderón was general director of Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (BANOBRAS) in 1993 and Energy Secretary in 2004.

In 2005, he was elected PAN candidate for the presidency and on 2 July, he won the presidential elections for the period from 2006 to 2012.