Felipe Calderón facts for kids

Felipe Calderón
Quick facts for kids Felipe Calderón
56th President of Mexico
	In office; December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Preceded by	Vicente Fox
Succeeded by	Enrique Peña Nieto
Secretary of Energy
	In office; September 3, 2003 – June 1, 2004
President	Vicente Fox
Preceded by	Ernesto Martens
Succeeded by	Fernando Elizondo Barragán
Leader of the National Action Party
	In office; 1996–1999
Preceded by	Carlos Castillo Peraza
Succeeded by	Luis Felipe Bravo Mena
Personal details
Born	August 18, 1962 (age 58); Morelia, Mexico
Political party	National Action Party
Spouse(s)	Margarita Zavala (m. 1993)
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

United States President Barack Obama with the family of Mexican President Felipe Calderón in Mexico City on April 16, 2009.
Felipe Calderón with Vicente Fox Quesada
Former president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (left) and Felipe Calderón
President Barack Obama meets President Felipe Calderón
Former Presidents Felipe Calderón and Lee Myung-bak in Mexico City; 2010.
President Calderón and President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with members of the Mexican Army in the background.
Felipe Calderon and the president of Brazil
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.
Speaking during Latin America Broadens Its Horizons, a session at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Cumbre de la Alianza del Pacífico.