Ernesto Zedillo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ernesto Zedillo
Occupation	World Leader
Date Of Birth	Dec 27, 1951(1951-12-27)
Age	73
Birthplace	Mexico City
Country	Mexico
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ernesto Zedillo Biography

Ernesto Zedillo is one of the most popular and richest World Leader who was born on December 27, 1951 in Mexico City, Mexico. Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, this Mexican politician served from 1994 to 2000 as the country’s 54th President. Prior to that, he served as Secretary of Education (from 1992 to 1993) as well as secretary of Programming and Budget (from 1988 until 1992).

He was replaced in the office in the year 2000 by National Action Party candidate He was succeeded in office by National Action Party candidate Vicente Fox; Fox remained President of Mexico until 2006.; Fox was president of Mexico up to the year 2006.

Ernesto Zedillo was born on 27 December 1951 in Mexico City. His parents were Rodolfo Zedillo Castillo, a mechanic, and Martha Alicia Ponce de León. Seeking better job and education opportunities for their children, his parents moved to Mexicali, Baja California.

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto seˈðiʝo] ; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was President of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

His union with Nilda Patricia Velasco produced four sons and a daughter.

Ernesto Zedillo Net Worth

Ernesto Zedillo is one of the richest World Leader from Mexico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ernesto Zedillo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics at the Mexican National Polytechnic Institute, he obtained a PhD in the same field at Yale University. Then, he began his career at Mexico’s Bank of Mexico.

The president was inaugurated following an escalating series of murders and also at the start of a serious Mexican economic crisis. United States President He took office following a series of political assassinations and at the beginning of a major Mexican financial crisis. United States President Bill Clinton lent the Mexican government twenty billion dollars to alleviate the latter problem. provided his Mexican the government 20 billion dollars to ease the issue.

Zedillo ran against Diego Fernández de Cevallos of the National Action Party and second-timer Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. He won with 48.69% of popular vote, and became the last president to distinguish the 70-year PRI dynasty in México during the 20th century.

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Who is Ernesto Zedillo Dating?

According to our records, Ernesto Zedillo married to Nilda Patricia Velasco. As of December 1, 2023, Ernesto Zedillo’s is not dating anyone.

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Carlos Salinas had negotiated Mexico’s place in NAFTA, which took effect in January 1994, so Zedillo was the first president to oversee it for his entire term. The Mexican economy suffered following the December 1994 peso crisis, when currency was devalued by 15% and the U.S. intervened to prop up the economy with a multi-billion dollar loan, so that NAFTA under the Zedillo administration got off to a rocky start. The Mexican GDP was -7% and there were hopes that NAFTA would lift that miserable performance statistic.

Facts & Trivia

Ernesto Ranked on the list of most popular World Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mexico. Ernesto Zedillo celebrates birthday on December 27 of every year.

At age 43, Zedillo assumed the presidency on 1 December 1994 at the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, taking oath before the Congress of the Union presided by the deputy president Carlota Vargas Garza. Zedillo’s electoral victory was perceived as clean, but he came to office as an accidental candidate with no political base of his own and no experience. During the first part of his presidency, he took inconsistent policy positions and there were rumors that he would resign or that there would be a coup d’état against him, which caused turmoil in financial markets.

Top Facts about Ernesto Zedillo

1. Ernesto Zedillo served as Mexico’s president from 1994 to 2000.
2. He was born on December 27, 1951 in Mexico City.
3. Zedillo implemented economic reforms and privatization policies.
4. During his presidency, Mexico faced the “Tequila Crisis” of 1994-95.
5. He oversaw the signing of NAFTA with Canada and the US.
6. Zedillo established programs to combat poverty and improve education.
7. His administration pursued peace talks with the Zapatista rebels in Chiapas.
8. In 2013, he became director of Yale University’s Center for the Study of Globalization.
9. Zedillo is a member of several international organizations and foundations.
10. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to global development and diplomacy.