The Partido Revolucionario Institutional (PRI) has picked Enrique Pena Nieto as their candidate to run for president in Mexico's 2012 election. Before he decided to run for president, he was the young governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. Enrique has prepared for politics with a law degree and an MBA.
Peña Nieto has been a member of PRI since 1984. When he started with the PRI, he was and instructor and later became Coordinator for the party's Parliamentary Group in the LV Legislation. Add to his resume, Chairman of the Political Coordination 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. He held various positions such 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. His long term dedication to the party has paid off with his elevation to position of 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. He came out ahead of other candidates such 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. It wasn't until February of 2005 that he became the nominee for the governorship as a candidate of the PRI.
Voting was on July 3, 2005. He won 49 percent of the vote. A crowd of 5,000 people came out to watch his inauguration on September 15, 2005.
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. A true politician, he proved himself extremely capable of handling conflict within the party. His popularity comes from his ability to help the people with boosts in the economy, housing sector and agricultural business.
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. Coincidentally, Senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones who is the only other candidate for the party's 2012 electoral ticket withdrew from the race. After Beltrone made his decision not to run, Nieto had a free ride to the candidacy.
As fishy as it may sound Pena Nieto is considered by many as the next president of Mexico. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the leftist PRD party and Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling party PAN are fair game, and Pena Nieto hasn't wasted any time to discredit them and now holds made up political polls where, quite naturally, he is the winner. On July 1, 2012, Mexico will hold its Presidential Elections with some 80 million people voting for their new set of officials.
The PRI hope for a sweeping victory because of the popularity of their candidate. His concern and good work for the people of Mexico have laid the groundwork for the perception of Pena Nieto to be that of a democratic president unlike past presidents who were more like dictators. He thinks that he knows how to help Mexico shed its troubles and become the great nation it should be.
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