Carlos Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican economist and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Since the 1990s, he has been generally viewed as Mexico’s most powerful and divisive politician.

He began his career in the Budget Secretariat, gradually rising to the position of Secretary. He was the PRI presidential nominee in 1988, and after allegations of electoral irregularities, he was declared elected on July 6, 1988.

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Biography and Early Life

Carlos Salinas was born on April 3, 1948, to economist and government official Raul Salinas Lozano and Margarita De Gortari De Salinas. He was the second son and one of five brothers. President Adolfo López Mateos named Salinas’ father as Minister of Industry and Trade, but he was passed over for the PRI presidential nomination in favour of Gustavo Daz Ordaz (1964–70).

“It took us more than 20 years, but we made it,” Carlos Salinas told his father when he was elected as the PRI’s presidential nominee for the 1988 election.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Carlos Salinas de Gortari in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Carlos Salinas de Gortari’s age is 73 years old as of today’s date 8th August 2021 having been born on 3 April 1948. Though, he is 5′ 6″ in feet and inches and 167 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 183lbs in Pound and 83kg in Kilograms.

Education

Salinas studied economics at Mexico’s National Autonomous University as an undergraduate. Salinas was a member of a generation of Mexicans who attended prestigious international universities.

In 1973, he received his master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University, and in 1978, he received his doctorate from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

When Salinas was ten years old, he met his future first partner, Cecilia Yolanda Occelli González. Salinas and Occelli reconnected in the United States in 1971 in Williamsburg, Virginia. They became quickly engaged and married in a ceremony in Mexico City on April 15, 1972.

During Salinas’ first semester at Harvard, the pair learned that Occelli was expecting their first child. Cecilia, their eldest daughter, was born on January 22, 1974. Emiliano, born on February 19, 1976, and Juan Cristobal, born in 1979, were Occelli and Salinas’ other twins.

Shortly after his divorce from Occelli, Salinas married his second partner, Ana Paula Gerard Rivero. Gerard later served as a legal secretary in the Salinas administration’s Economic Cabinet. They had three children together. In January 1996, Gerard gave birth to their eldest daughter, Ana Emilia Margarita. Mateo, their youngest sibling, was born in 2006, and Patricio Gerónimo Gerardo was born in 1998.

Is Carlos Salinas De Gortari Gay?

The love life of Carlos and his two marriages and the six children from these marriages are enough to prove that he is not gay and has never been in a gay relationship.

Professional Career

In 1982, President Miguel de la Madrid appointed Salinas to the office of Minister of Planning and Budget, a position that De la Madrid had previously occupied. It was a crucial cabinet position because, after the presidency of José López Portillo, Mexico was in desperate financial straits.

Carlos Salinas became the PRI’s presidential candidate at a tough time for the party, which was facing strong resistance from both the left (National Democratic Front) and the right for the first time (National Action Party, PAN).

The Ministry of the Interior (Secretara de Gobernación) was in charge of the electoral procedure, and the Federal Electoral Commission developed a new computer machine to count the votes. The machine “crashed” on Election Day, July 6, 1988, and when it was eventually repaired, Carlos Salinas was proclaimed the official winner.

On December 1, 1988, Salinas was sworn in as President of the Republic of San Lázaro in the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro. He took his oath in front of the Union Congress. When he assumed office as the proclaimed winner of a hotly disputed election, he had the challenge of restoring his own and his party’s prestige.

In Mexican culture, Salinas de Gortari remains a divisive figure. In a nationwide survey conducted by parametra in 2005, 73% of respondents had a negative impression of Salinas de Gortari, 9% had a favorable impression, and 18% had no opinion.

In a nationwide survey of former Presidents conducted by BGC-Excelsior in 2012, Salinas de Gortari got by far the lowest score: 20% of respondents thought his administration was “very good” or “good,” 13% thought it was “normal,” and 66% thought it was “poor” or “very bad.”

Awards

In 1990, he was awarded the Kight of the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic in Spain. In 1991, he was an honorary recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm in Malaysia. In 1993, he received the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Carlos Salinas De Gortari in 2021

As of 2021, Carlos Salinas De Gortari currently has an estimated net worth of $60 Million.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Salinas was an accomplished dressage rider who represented Mexico at the Pan-American Games in Cali, Colombia, in 1971.

Carlos Salinas has been one of the most influential politicians in Mexico since his presidency in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We do hope that his influence will go on to affect the nation positively.