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Vicente Fox Quesada


72nd President of Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2000
Preceded by	Ernesto Zedillo
Succeeded by	Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Personal details
Born	July 2, 1942 Mexico City
Political party	National Action Party
Spouse	Marta Sahagún

Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the current President of Mexico. He was elected in the 2000 presidential election, a historically significant election that made him the first president elected from an opposition party since Francisco Madero in 1910. His current term runs through 2006.

According to Enrique Andrade, a Mexico City-based attorney and business consultant, during Fox's presidency annual inflation was consistently under 10%, the peso's devaluation to the United States Dollar was unsubstantial, and central bank reserves were significant.

Andrade also credited the Fox administration with increasing respect for freedom of speech, as well as access to public information

Personal life

Presidency

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Relations with Congress

In his last annual state of the union address in 2006, President Fox was prevented by leftist lawmakers from delivering his speech. He gave a televised address to the nation.

Relations with Latin American countries

Vicente Fox had several controversies with Latin American countries such as with president of Argentina, Néstor Kirchner related to the FTAA during the 2005 Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas, with the president of Chile regarding the new OAS Secretary General election, 2005 and president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, about his presumed support for the U.S. president George W. Bush.

Legacy

Law enforcement

In 2006 the government attempted to find a way to decriminalize possession of small quantities of illicit drugs, including crack cocaine, heroin, and meth, while stiffening penalties for dealing. The president's spokesman said that the law "allows better action and better coordination in the fight against drug dealing." However, Fox sent the legislation back, asking that the decriminalization be removed.

Foreign policy

Before Vicente Fox, Mexico had a Foreign Policy "doctrine" known as the Doctrina Estrada (Estrada Doctrine, so named after its creator, Genaro Estrada). The Doctrina Estrada was a foreign policy directorate that favored an enclosed view of sovereignty. It claimed that foreign governments should not judge, for good or bad, governments or changes in governments in other nations, because it would imply a breach to its sovereignty.

President Fox appointed intellectual Jorge Castañeda to be his Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Castañeda immediately broke with the Estrada Doctrine, promoting what was called by critics the "Castañeda Doctrine", which called for more participation and openess in Foreign Affairs.

Indeed, during Fox's administration, Mexico promoted free trade around the world. In 2002, the Monterrey Consensus, a major international reference point for Financing Development, was adopted by the United Nations.

Mexico actively sought (and gained) one of the rotating seats on the UN Security Council.

The border migration policy has become a centerpiece of Mexican foreign policy with the United States. He requested the U.S. to create a Guest Worker Plan that according to Fox would provide increased security to the USA. "The best thing that can happen to both our countries is to have an orderly flow, a controlled flow, of migration to the United States."

Controversial comments

In May 2005, a controversy arose over comments Fox made during a news interview in which he said, "There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States". This angered many African-Americans in the United States, prompting many black leaders to demand an apology from Fox. The Reverend Al Sharpton requested a formal apology from Fox to the African-American community and called for an economic boycott of Mexican products until an apology was received; he and many African Americans felt that Fox's comments were insensitive and racist. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, during a news conference concerning Fox's statement about African-Americans, said that he felt that the comments were, "unwitting, unnecessary and inappropriate" and added that " statement had the impact of being inciting and divisive".

Preceded byErnesto Zedillo Ponce de León	President of Mexico 2000–2006	Succeeded byFelipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa
Preceded byCarlos Medina Plascencia (interim)	Governor of Guanajuato 1995–2000	Succeeded byRamón Martín Huerta (substitute)
Preceded byDiego Fernández de Cevallos	PAN presidential candidate 2000 (won)	Succeeded byFelipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa

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