Some of the Presidents of Mexico Quiz

Answer: 6 years

In Mexico, a President serves for six years but cannot be re-elected. This is in contrast to the United States, where a President is elected for four years but is free to repeat the candidate process to serve for a further four-year term, making eight in all, as was the case with (for example) both George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Answer: Guadalupe Victoria

1521 saw the Spanish, led by Hernan Cortes, conquering the Aztecs. After getting independence from Spain in a movement that lasted from 1810 to 1821, Agustin de Iturbide took over power and became an emperor. After he resigned, Victoria was awarded the presidency in 1824.

Answer: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was in the army from the age of 16. He was the commander of the troops that fought in the Texas Independence battles. He served a total of 11 terms, serving intermittently, although he can be considered a dictator.

Gomez Farias was his vice-president and sometimes interim President during Santa Anna's rule. Bocanegra and Velez are Mexico's third and fourth Presidents, respectively.

Answer: Benito Juarez

Benito Pablo Juarez García was the 27th President of Mexico. He made popular the statement "Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace". The liberal laws he introduced were called the Reform Laws, and included the secularization of cemeteries (which gave the government control of them), and the requirement to be married by the law, so marriage in Church would have no worth in the eyes of the law.

Diaz de la Vega and Alvarez were the 24th and 25th Presidents of Mexico, respectively, and Quetzalcoatl was an Aztec deity.

Answer: Porfirio Diaz

Diaz was in power for 34 years. He is known for not particularly liking the United States, as he preferred to have economic relationships with European countries like France. He built many railways, and the economy certainly grew, although the country did not develop, as the amount of poor people increased. When Diaz was defeated by Francisco I. Madero, he left for France, where he died.

Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada was the 32nd President of Mexico, Hugo Chavez was the President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013, when he died because of cancer, and Fidel Castro was the President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008.

Answer: Luis Echeverria

Echeverria, along with Diaz Ordaz, is said to be the intellectual author of the tragedy where students who were protesting were brutally murdered by the army. He was under house arrest from 2006 to 2009 for charges of genocide, then he was released.

Santiago Creel was Minister of The Interior of Mexico from 2000 to 2005, while Victoriano Huerta was the 40th President of Mexico and Janet Napolitano was appointed Secretary of Homeland Security in 2009 by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Answer: 2000

Ernesto Zedillo was in power from 1994 to 2000. He was the last candidate from the PRI (Revolutionary Institutional Party) to win an election in Mexico until the 2012 elections. After finishing his term, Zedillo has worked in companies such as Procter and Gamble and Union Pacific, company which owns Mexican railways that were privatized during Zedillo's tenure.

Miguel de la Madrid, who died on April 2012, served from 1982 to 1988, and Carlos Salinas de Gortari served from 1988 to 1994.

Answer: He was the first President from an opposition party since 1910

Fox, a candidate from the PAN (National Action Party) defeated Francisco Labastida from the PRI, party that had been in control for nearly 72 years. His term ended in 2006. He focused a lot on improving Mexico's relationship with the United States, and is known for some of his controversial remarks.

Answer: Felipe Calderon

Calderon, from the National Action Party, won by less than 1% of votes over Lopez Obrador from PRD, who refused to accept the results. He declared himself "illegitimate President".

Roberto Madrazo was the opponent from the PRI, and Roberto Campa ran for New Alliance.

Answer: Enrique Peña Nieto

Enrique Peña Nieto, who ran for the PRI, won the 2012 elections and therefore assumed office. Lopez Obrador claimed that he bought people's votes and used the people's need to get votes.

Josefina Vazquez Mota was the candidate from the PAN, while Quadri ran for Nueva Alianza (New Alliance). This party was created by Elba Esther Gordillo, who was the leader of the teachers union in Mexico from 1989 until 2013, when President Peña Nieto announced her arrest for embezzlement.