Enrique Peña Nieto
Peña Nieto in the 2010s
Place of Birth: Atlacomulco, Mexico, Mexico
Date of Birth: July 20, 1966
Ethnicity: Mexican [Spanish, possibly other]
Enrique Peña Nieto is a Mexican politician. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, he served as President of Mexico, from 1 December, 2012 to 30 November, 2018. He has also been Secretary of Administration of the State of Mexico, from 11 May, 2000 to 4 December, 2002, Governor of the State of Mexico, from 16 September, 2005 to 15 September, 2011, and President pro tempore of the Pacific Alliance, from 20 June, 2014 to 3 July, 2015. He is also known as EPN.
President Peña Nieto is the son of María del Socorro Ofelia Nieto Sánchez and Gilberto Enrique Peña del Mazo. President Peña Nieto is married to Angélica Rivera Hurtado. He has five children, including three with his former wife, Mónica Pretelini Sáenz. He is a relative of politicians Arturo Montiel and Alfredo del Mazo González.
President Peña Nieto’s paternal grandfather was Francisco Javier Arturo Peña Arcos (the son of Eleuterio Severiano Peña López and Juana Arcos Colín). Francisco was born in Acambay, Acambay de Ruíz Castañeda, Estado de México, Mexico. Severiano was the son of Sotero Peña García and María Rosalía Victoriana López Mejía. Juana was the daughter of Eufemio Arcos Valdés and Juana Rafaela Valvina Colín González.
President Peña Nieto’s paternal grandmother was María de los Dolores del Mazo Vélez (the daughter of Pedro del Mazo Villasante and Josefa Vélez Díaz). Pedro was the son of Galo del Mazo y Conde and María de las Mercedes Villasante y Pliego. Galo was Spanish and traveled to Mexico; he was born in La Encina, Santa María de Cayón, Cantabria, Spain, to José del Mazo Gutiérrez and Gerónima Conde Anuarve. President Peña Nieto’s great-grandmother Josefa was the daughter of Antonio Vélez Flores and María Marta Julita Margarita Díaz Ortega.
President Peña Nieto’s maternal grandfather was Constantino Enrique Nieto Montiel (the son of Marcelino Ruperto Nieto Giménez and Epigmenia Luz Lina/Epigmenia Lina de La Luz Montiel Sánchez). Marcelino was the son of Remigio Nieto Garduño and Marta Jiménez Monroy. Epigmenia was the daughter of León Cleofás Antonio Montiel Bermúdez and María Evarista Simona Sánchez García.
President Peña Nieto’s maternal grandmother was Ofelia Sánchez Colín (the daughter of Juan Silvano Sánchez Lobera and María de los Remedios Antonia Colín Pérez). Silvano was the son of José Vidal Anastacio Sánchez Guadarrama and María Mauricia Matiana Lovera Valdez. President Peña Nieto’s great-grandmotherMaría de los Remedios was the daughter of José María Colín Herrera and María Feliciana Úrsula de Jesús Pérez Cárdenas.
Sources: Genealogy of President Peña Nieto (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
President Peña Nieto’s paternal grandfather, Francisco Javier Arturo Peña Arcos, on the 1930 Mexican census – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of President Peña Nieto’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Galo del Mazo y Conde – https://familysearch.org
Enrique is married to Angélica Rivera Hurtado. He was previously married to Mónica Pretelini Sáenz.
Arturo Peña Arcos -> Francisco Javier Arturo Peña Arcos
Severiano Peña López -> Eleuterio Severiano Peña López
Severiano (PLEASE, DON’T CALL HIM ELEUTERIO HE DID NOT USE IT) was the son of Sotero Peña García and María Rosalía Victoriana López Mejía.
Juana was the daughter of Eufemio Arcos Valdés and Juana Rafaela Valvina Colín González.
Mercedes Villasante y Pliego -> María de las Mercedes Villasante y Pliego
Dolores del Mazo Vélez -> María de los Dolores del Mazo Vélez
Josefa was the daughter of Antonio Vélez Flores and María Marta Julita Margarita Díaz Ortega.
Marcelino Nieto -> Marcelino Ruperto Nieto Giménez
Efigenia Diana Montiel Sánchez -> Epigmenia Luz Lina/Epigmenia Lina de La Luz Montiel Sánchez
Marcelino was the son of Remigio Nieto Garduño and Marta Jiménez Monroy. Epigmenia was the daughter of León Cleofás Antonio Montiel Bermúdez and María Evarista Simona Sánchez García.
Silvano Sánchez Lovera -> Juan Silvano Sánchez Lobera
María Colín Pérez -> María de los Remedios Antonia Colín Pérez
Silvano (PLEASE, DON’T CALL HIM JUAN) was the son of José Vidal Anastacio Sánchez Guadarrama and María Mauricia Matiana Lovera Valdez. Enrique’s great-grandmother María was the daughter of José María Colín Herrera and María Feliciana Úrsula de Jesús Pérez Cárdenas.
All of Enrique’s grandparents are now deceased.
Additional source: Genealogy of Enrique Peña Nieto – http://www.geni.com/people/Enrique-Peña-Nieto-57th-President-of-México/6000000030791358944
He might also have French ancestry.Two of his ancestors had the surname colin I looked that up on message boards ancestry.com that surname is quite common in altacomulco where he was born.One of the posts said its quite common in Toluca,altacomulco and mexico city and puebla which is where the French took over (battle of Puebla)for all you history buffs the link is right here: http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=10&p=surnames.colin
he definitely isn’t fully Spanish, looks like he got some Native up in that boy
Castizo.
he may be genetically not 100% European but he can pass with any problem for a Spaniard, he even has recent Spanish ancestry.
To me he looks like a castizo, kinda like a less robust version of Oscar Dela Hoya, but I guess he could pass as a typical swarthy Med type.
*atypical
his pigmentation would be very average in Spain, he’s not swarthy at all. I think he has some Native ancestry but quite diluited.
So far, no non-Spanish ancestors have been verified yet. But if you can trace beyond his Mexican ancestors, that will be better to determine the caste.
Severiano Peña and ? Arcos -> Severiano Peña López and Juana Arcos Colin
Additional sources:
* Arturo’s 1930 Mexican census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M27P-CYS
It’s Colín, not Colin
Severiano’s first name is Eleuterio