Enrique Peña Nieto is the official presidential candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI to the 2012 Mexican Presidential Elections. Prior to the announcement of his presidential candidacy, the 45-year old Mexican politician served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. Enrique has prepared for politics with a law degree and an MBA.
Peña Nieto has been a member of PRI since 1984. He first worked as an instructor in PRI's Electoral Training Center before becoming Coordinator for the party's Parliamentary Group in the LV Legislature. At the same time, he was Chairman of the Political Coordination Board of the same legislature.
He was involved in the Mexican State government from the 90's up until 2002. Government Administration Secretary, President of the Directive Council for the Social Security Institute, President of the Internal Council of Health Institute and Vice President of the Government Board for Integral Family Development System, are all positions he held during his time with the state government of Mexico. He joined the Public Administration and the Administrative Council for Decentralized Public Agencies.
Enrique Pena Nieto has been actively working within the PRI party in various capacities, even as political advisor to PRI National. Everything he has done within the PRI organization has led up to this moment in time as a presidential candidate. It is difficult to say if his goal from the beginning was to become a presidential candidate, but his tireless work for the state government of Mexico has made him a formidable opponent.
He promoted candidates for governorship of the state of Mexico in 2004 from within and knows firsthand about the process. Because of his experience, he was able to win against such candidates as, Guillermo González Martínez, Gustavo Cárdenas Monroy, Jaime Vázquez Castillo, Eduardo Bernal Martínez, Fernando Alberto García Cuevas, Cuauhtémoc García Ortega, Isidro Pastor Medrano, Enrique Jacob Rocha, Héctor Luna de la Vega and Carlos Hank Rhon. He became a gubernatorial candidate of the PRI in February 2005.
Voting was on July 3, 2005. 49 percent of the people voted for him. He was sworn in as governor on September 15, 2005.
Advocacies on environment, energy reform and sustainable development and the acceleration of educational reform in support of youth empowerment and employment generation, all items on his list of things to get done. His collaboration with the government of Mexico City during his term as state governor to combat issues related to safety, insecurity and transport between the two political entities was a notable feat. The state's economy, housing and agriculture business all benefited from his time in office.
His run for the presidency began when he finished his term as governor. Senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones, Nieto's only opponent, has chosen not to run after all. Beltrone's decision not to run has enabled the PRI party to get behind Nieto one hundred percent.
Despite controversies, Pena Nieto is often referred to as the next president of Mexico. As part of his campaign to become president, he has held pretend presidential polls against his opponents. The Mexican people will decide the real winner on July 1 of this year.
The PRI hopes to regain the Presidency through this popular former governor of Mexico state. Enrique Peña Nieto claims to represent a new generation of politicians, unlike past dictatorial governments in his country. He thinks that he knows how to help Mexico shed its troubles and become the great nation it should be.
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