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. Even though he has political connections, he is a lawyer with a master's in business.
He has been connected to the PRI since 1984. Initially, he worked as an instructor in PRI's Electoral Training Center and later on became 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 is no stranger to politics having been involved with the state government of Mexico from the 90's until 2002. During his stint in the state government of Mexico, he acted as, 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 He became affiliated with the National Institute of 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. His elaborate and systematic plan of action from state government to presidential candidate has been steady.
In 2004, he participated in his party's internal nominations for governorship of the state of Mexico. 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.
Victory day was July 3, 2005. He won 49 percent of the vote. The baton of governorship was passed over to Nieto on September 15, 2005 at the Morelos Theater in Toluca in front of 5,000 people.
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. During his governorship, he was able to walk a fine line between the different factions within the party. His success as governor in helping the people of the state of Mexico helped him obtain the presidential candidacy.
At the end of his term as governor of the state of Mexico, he announced his bid for nomination as the official Presidential candidate of the PRI party. Oddly, Senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones, his only opponent decided not to run. With Beltrone out of the way, Nieto had no one to stop him from obtaining the nomination.
As fishy as it may sound Pena Nieto is considered by many as the next president of Mexico. As part of his campaign to become president, he has held pretend presidential polls against his opponents. On July 1, 2012, Mexico will hold its Presidential Elections with some 80 million people voting for their new set of officials.
The PRI has confidence in their popular candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto. Mexico has always called their head of state president, but truthfully, men who were more like dictators have ruled Mexico, and Enrique Pena Nieto hopes to change all that. He expects to renew hope among Mexicans and urge them to build a better nation and a country of peace.
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