On December 1st 2000, Vicente Fox Quesada was sworn in as the Constitutional President of the United Mexican States.

Originally from Mexico City, Vicente Fox was born on July 2nd, 1942, the second of nine children born to José Luis Fox, a farmer, and Mercedes Quesada. When Vicente was just a few days old, the Fox family moved to the San Cristóbal Ranch in the municipality of San Francisco del Rincón, in Guanajuato state.

Vicente Fox has four children, Ana Cristina, Vicente, Paulina and Rodrigo, all of whom were adopted.

Vicente Fox studied Business Administration at the Universidad Iberoamericana.

He studied a Top Management Diploma at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.

In 1964, he joined Coca-Cola de México as a route supervisor.

Whether as a business leader or politician, Vicente Fox has always sought the common good, and has constantly given his support to México's people. He was President and Founder of the Amigo Daniel Children's Home Foundation, an institution where many children receive attention and affection; President of the Loyola Foundation; a promoter of the León campus of the Universidad Iberoamericana, and of the Lux Institute, an educational center where thousands of state residents have received training.

Vicente Fox has been a Counselor of the Mexico-American Chamber of Commerce. Likewise, as Director of Grupo Fox, he has managed companies operating in the areas of agriculture, livestock breeding, agro-industry and the production of shoes and boots for export.

During the 1980's, Vicente began his political career by joining the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN). He was greatly encouraged by Manuel J. Clouthier.

Vicente's political career has been a swift, upward climb. He has been Federal Congressmen for the Third District of León and Secretary of Agriculture in the opposition cabinet formed by Manuel J. Clouthier to give follow-up to government policies. From this time on, Vicente also begun to write political articles in national and state newspapers.

Futhermore, in 1991, he ran for Governor of the state of Guanajuato; nonetheless, Carlos Medina Plascencia was named Interim Governor in his place. In 1995, he participated in the extraordinary election for the governorship of Guanajuato, and was elected by an overwhelming majority of two votes to one (1995-1999).

As state Governor, Vicente Fox strove to promote economic development by encouraging the private sector, foreign investment and, above all the consolidation of small firms. Thus, in order to open up new markets, he promoted the sale of goods manufactured in Guanajuato overseas. He improved and broadended the state's economic infrastructure so as to attract domestic and foreign investment, and also created a unique system in which micro-credits with no overdue portfolio were granted. Under his leadership, Guanajuato the fifth most important Mexican state economy and, in certain productive sectors, even surpassed the national average.

On the basis of this good governance, on July 6, 1997 Vicente Fox announced his intention to stand as a pre-candidate of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) to the Presidency of the Republic.

On July 2, 2000, Vicente Fox won the elections.