Santiago Creel

Santiago Creel

Santiago Creel Miranda (b. December 11, 1954 in Mexico city) is a Mexican politician. He is a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN).

He earned a Law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). His career highlights include running for Head of Government of the Federal District in 2000 (a race he lost to Andrés Manuel López Obrador). After that he was 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 was the PAN candidate for the Presidency of Mexico.

In 2006 Santiago Creel won a seat in Senate via the proportional representation to serve as Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures (2006-2012). He presently leads the PAN Senate delegation.

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Preceded by Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano	Secretary of the Interior 2000—2005	Succeeded by Carlos María Abascal Carranza