Enrique Peña Nieto summary

Enrique Peña Nieto, (born July 20, 1966, Atlacomulco, Mex.), President of Mexico (2012– ). Peña Nieto earned a bachelor’s degree from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, and an M.B.A. from Monterrey Technological Institute. He joined Mexico’s ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), in 1984. He quickly advanced within the party and became active in México state politics, holding positions such as secretary of administration (2000–02), state congressman (2003–04), and state governor (2005–11). He was elected president in 2012 after campaigning on a platform that included pledges to improve the country’s economy and to combat widespread drug-related violent crime.