Santiago Creel Miranda is a Mexican

Mexico

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 senator

Senate of Mexico

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 representing the right-of-center National Action Party

National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...

 who served as Secretary of the Interior

Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)

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 in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...

.

Descendant of the Creel-Terrazas family

Creel-Terrazas family

The Creel-Terrazas family is a powerful and wealthy family based in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.- Events: During the rule of President Porfirio Díaz and the Mexican Revolution, this family was part of the científico faction. The científicos were conservative civilian technocrats and...

 and son of René Creel Luján, one of the founders of the National Action Party

National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...

, Creel received a bachelor's degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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 (UNAM) and subsequently did graduate work at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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 and earned a master's degree at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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. His career highlights include running for Head of Government

Head of Government of the Federal District

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 of the Federal District in 2000 (a race he narrowly lost to Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the unsuccessful Coalition for the Good...

). He was later appointed to the cabinet by President

President of Mexico

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 Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox

Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...

 to serve as Secretary of the Interior

Interior minister

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, 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

Mexican general election, 2006

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. Creel's main contender for the PAN's candidacy was Felipe Calderón

Felipe Calderón

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 who won the primary elections and went on to become the incumbent President of Mexico.

In 2006 Santiago Creel won a proportional representation

Proportional representation

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 seat in the Senate to serve during the 60th

LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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 and 61st

LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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 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

Edith González

Edith González Fuentes is a Mexican actress and dancer.- Personal life :González has a daughter, Constanza , whose father is the Mexican politician Santiago Creel. Edith has worked for hispanic television networks, such as, Televisa, Telemundo, and TV Azteca...

's daughter, Constanza.