Clio tv carlos salinas de gortari biography

President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994

"Carlos Salinas" redirects here. For the Peruvian footballer, see Carlos Salinas (footballer).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salinas and the second or maternal family name is de Gortari.

Carlos Salinas de Gortari (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkaɾlossaˈlinasðeɣoɾˈtaɾi]; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexican economist and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994.

Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he worked in the Secretariat of Programming and Budget, eventually becoming Secretary. He secured the party's nomination for the 1988 general election and was elected amid widespread accusations of electoral fraud.^[4][5]

An economist, Salinas de Gortari was the first Mexican president since 1946 who was not a law graduate.^[a] His presidency was characterized by the entren