Representing the Partido Accion Nacional (National Action Party), Fox served as the president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. His election is historically important because he defeated the Institutional Revolution Party that had been in power for seven decades. He is credited for democratizing Mexico and strengthening its economy.
Fox placed a strong emphasis on education, increasing the number of Mexican students attending universities from 19 percent to 24 percent, developing one million scholarships for higher education and building the first presidential library.
Now at age 67, Fox has released an autobiography titled, “Revolution of Hope,” and has also become known for his public speaking. His social justice work ties in with the LMU Mission Statement’s call to promote “the service of faith and promotion of justice.”
“My own education was with the Jesuits in Jesuit schools and at a Jesuit university. In that learning environment, you get something that you cannot get anywhere else and that knowledge is not just technological know-how-it is inspiration, it is leadership, it is commitment and it is motivation. This is the philosophy of the founder of the Jesuit order, St. Ignatius of Loyola: You will only find your self-satisfaction, your self-joy, your self-accomplishment of your dreams through being for others, working for others and serving others. That became one of my key components of my thinking, which I nourished myself with all my life in school.”
“I would say leadership is the sense of building your own life, of having a mission, of having a commitment to go far, to transform, to change and to move the spirits and souls of all the people. Leadership has given me a great reward in my life.”
“We need more ethical behavior. We need more moral authority. We need more spiritual commitment to move our lives in to a stage of happiness towards self-realization, which we don’t get with material things.”
-Quotes are taken from the article titled "Mexico Rising" by Elaina Loveland, featured in the International Educator in the May/June 2008 issue.
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