Felipe Calderón facts for kids
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Felipe Calderón
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56th President of Mexico | |
In office December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2012 |
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Preceded by | Vicente Fox |
Succeeded by | Enrique Peña Nieto |
Secretary of Energy | |
In office September 3, 2003 – June 1, 2004 |
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President | Vicente Fox |
Preceded by | Ernesto Martens |
Succeeded by | Fernando Elizondo Barragán |
Leader of the National Action Party | |
In office 1996–1999 |
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Preceded by | Carlos Castillo Peraza |
Succeeded by | Luis Felipe Bravo Mena |
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Born | August 18, 1962 Morelia, Mexico |
Political party | National Action Party |
Spouse(s) |
Margarita Zavala (m. 1993)
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Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts (since 2012) |
Alma mater | Free School of Law Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico Harvard University |
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Nick name Comandante Borolas (born August 18, 1962) is a Mexican politician. He was President of Mexico from 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2012. He is a member of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), one of the three major Mexican political parties.
Calderón was born on August 18, 1962 in Morelia, Mexico. He studied at Free School of Law, at Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, and at Harvard University. Calderón has been married to Margarita Zavala since 1993. She ran for president in the 2018 election, but dropped out of the race.
Calderón is Chairperson of Global Commission for the Economy and Climate which issued The New Climate Economy Report.
- (in Spanish) Office of the President of Mexico site
- (in Spanish) Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation
- Felipe Calderón's speech to the Mexican people from the 'National Auditorium', 2006
Images for kids
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United States President Barack Obama with the family of Mexican President Felipe Calderón in Mexico City on April 16, 2009.
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Felipe Calderón with Vicente Fox Quesada
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Former president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (left) and Felipe Calderón
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Former Presidents Felipe Calderón and Lee Myung-bak in Mexico City; 2010.
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President Calderón and President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with members of the Mexican Army in the background.
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A meeting of leaders of emerging economies in Berlin, coordinated by Felipe Calderón (center). From left to right: Manmohan Singh of India, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Calderón, Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa.
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Speaking during Latin America Broadens Its Horizons, a session at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.
