President Ernesto Zedillo

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President Ernesto Zedillo is a Mexican economist and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, overseeing major economic and political reforms during a period of financial turmoil and democratic transition.


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instanceOf President of Mexico
economist
human
politician
academicDegree PhD in economics
awardReceived Order of the Aztec Eagle
various honorary doctorates
birthDate 1951-12-27
birthName Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
birthPlace Mexico City
boardMemberOf Alcoa
Citigroup
Procter & Gamble
Union Pacific Corporation
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
educatedAt National Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
employer Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Yale University
familyName Zedillo
fieldOfStudy economics
givenName Ernesto
implementedPolicy banking rescue program (FOBAPROA) reforms
electoral reform strengthening the Federal Electoral Institute
privatization and structural adjustment measures
knownFor managing the 1994–1995 Mexican peso crisis
promoting democratic transition in Mexico
languageSpoken English
Spanish
memberOfPoliticalParty Institutional Revolutionary Party
name Ernesto Zedillo
nationality Mexican
notableWork democratic electoral reforms in Mexico
economic stabilization policies after the 1994 peso crisis
occupation academic
economist
politician
officeEnd 2000-11-30
officeStart 1994-12-01
participatedIn 1994 Mexican general election
positionHeld Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
President of Mexico
Secretary of Education of Mexico
Undersecretary of Budget and Public Expenditure of Mexico
precededBy Carlos Salinas de Gortari
presidentialOrder 54th President of Mexico
residence United States
succeededBy Vicente Fox
workLocation New Haven, Connecticut

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Ernesto Zedillo ("Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León")
birthName
The Elders ("Ernesto Zedillo")
hasMember
Ernesto Zedillo ("Ernesto Zedillo")
name
Mexican peso crisis of 1994
significantParticipant
Carlos Salinas de Gortari ("Ernesto Zedillo")
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