Who has been Mexico's president since 2000, the first non-PRI president in decades?

Who has been Mexico's president since 2000, the first non-PRI president in decades?

• A. Felipe Calderon
• B. Ernesto Zedillo
• C. Vicente Fox
• D. Enrique Pena Nieto

Answer: (C)

This question tests how Mexico’s party system shifted away from the PRI’s long rule. Vicente Fox, from the National Action Party (PAN), won the presidency in 2000, becoming the first president from a party other than the PRI in many decades. He served from 2000 to 2006, ending the PRI’s decades-long hold on the executive branch and signaling a move toward greater multiparty competition in Mexican politics. Later presidents from other parties followed, but Fox is the one who first broke the PRI monopoly in 2000. Ernesto Zedillo preceded Fox (1994–2000) from the PRI, while Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto came after Fox, continuing non-PRI leadership but not starting in 2000.

This question tests how Mexico’s party system shifted away from the PRI’s long rule. Vicente Fox, from the National Action Party (PAN), won the presidency in 2000, becoming the first president from a party other than the PRI in many decades. He served from 2000 to 2006, ending the PRI’s decades-long hold on the executive branch and signaling a move toward greater multiparty competition in Mexican politics. Later presidents from other parties followed, but Fox is the one who first broke the PRI monopoly in 2000. Ernesto Zedillo preceded Fox (1994–2000) from the PRI, while Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto came after Fox, continuing non-PRI leadership but not starting in 2000.