Santiago Creel
| Santiago Creel | |
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| Secretary of the Interior | |
| In office December 1, 2000 – June 1, 2005 |
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| President | Vicente Fox |
| Preceded by | Diódoro Carrasco |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Abascal |
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| Born | December 11, 1954 Mexico City |
| Political party | National Action Party (PAN) |
| Children | Constanza |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), University of Michigan. |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician |
Santiago Creel Miranda (born on 11 December 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican senator representing the right-of-center National Action Party who served as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox.
Descendant of the Creel-Terrazas family and son of René Creel Luján, one of the founders of the National Action Party,[1] Creel received a bachelor's degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and subsequently did graduate work at Georgetown University and earned a master's degree at the University of Michigan.[2] His career highlights include running for Head of Government of the Federal District in 2000 (a race he narrowly lost to Andrés Manuel López Obrador). He was later appointed to the cabinet by President Vicente Fox to serve as Secretary of the Interior, a position he held from December 2000 to June 2005.
On June 1, 2005, Creel presented Fox with his resignation in order to seek his party's candidacy for the 2006 presidential election. Creel's main contender for the PAN's candidacy was Felipe Calderón who won the primary elections and went on to become the incumbent President of Mexico.
In 2006 Santiago Creel won a proportional representation seat in the Senate to serve during the 60th and 61st Legislatures (2006–2012) and led the PAN Senate delegation until June 2008.
In 2008 he admitted that he is the father of actress Edith González's daughter, Constanza.
[edit] References
- ^ Ramos, Jorge; Gómez, Ricardo. "Muere padre de Santiago Creel" (in Spanish). El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/626796.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ Presidencia de la República. "Curriculum vitae: Santiago Creel Miranda" (in Spanish). http://transicion.fox.presidencia.gob.mx/curriculums/screel.doc.PDF. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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| Preceded by Diódoro Carrasco |
Secretary of the Interior 2000—2005 |
Succeeded by Carlos Abascal |
