# Ernesto Zedillo

_61st President of Mexico_

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> Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the 61st president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 27 December 1951 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Mexico City ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Mexico ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P27))
- **Occupation:** economist; university teacher; author; politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P106))
- **Political party:** Institutional Revolutionary Party; Party of the Mexican Revolution ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P102))
- **Education:** National Polytechnic Institute; Yale University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P69))
- **Positions held:** President of Mexico (1 December 1994 – 30 November 2000); Mexico presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Institutional Party (1994–1994); Secretariat of Public Education (7 January 1992 – 29 November 1993); education minister ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P39))
- **Awards:** Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎; Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Fear; Wilbur Cross Medal; Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary; Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana; Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry; Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; honorary doctor of Harvard University; Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania; honorary doctor of the University of Miami; Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru; Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class; Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; Gold Olympic Order ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149#P166))

## Questions

**When was Ernesto Zedillo born?**  
Ernesto Zedillo was born on 27 December 1951 in Mexico City.

**What positions has Ernesto Zedillo held?**  
Positions held by Ernesto Zedillo include: President of Mexico (1994–2000); Mexico presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Institutional Party (1994–1994); Secretariat of Public Education (1992–1993); education minister.

**Where did Ernesto Zedillo study?**  
Ernesto Zedillo was educated at National Polytechnic Institute, Yale University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Ernesto Zedillo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Zedillo) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q298149](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298149) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon World Economic Forum 2013 crop.jpg by World Economic Forum (CC BY-SA 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernesto_Zedillo_Ponce_de_Leon_World_Economic_Forum_2013_crop.jpg)

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