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Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León ( born 27 December 1951 ) is a Mexican economist and politician . He served as President of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000 , as the last of the uninterrupted 70 - year line of Mexican presidents from the ___MASK41___ ( PRI ). Since the ending of his term as president in 2000 , Zedillo has been a leading voice on globalization , especially its impact on relations between developed and developing nations . Mexico (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal ___MASK3___ in the southern half of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest ___MASK14___ nation in the world . With an estimated population of over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León . Arturo Warman Gryj ( September 9 , 1937 -- October 21 , 2003 ) was a Mexican anthropologist , member of the cabinets of Carlos Salinas and Ernesto Zedillo , also an author of nine books , two of which have been translated to English . He also wrote multiple articles for the magazine Nexos . The ___MASK41___ ( PRI ) is a Mexican political party founded in 1929 , that held power uninterruptedly in the country for 71 years from 1929 to 2000 , first as the National Revolutionary Party , then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution .