Birth Name: Vicente Fox Quesada
Place of Birth: Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Date of Birth: July 2, 1942
Ethnicity:
*50% Spanish (Basque)
*25% German
*12.5% French
*12.5% Mexican
Vicente Fox is a Mexican businessman. He served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006, under the National Action Party (PAN). He is also the Co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties. He is the son of José Luis Fox Pont and Mercedes Quesada Echaide. José was of one half German, one quarter French, and one quarter Mexican, descent. Mercedes was a Basque from San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain. He is married to Marta María Sahagún Jiménez. He was previously married to Lilian de la Concha.
President Fox’s paternal grandfather was Joseph Louis Fox (the son of Louis Michel Fuchs and Catherina Elisabetha Flach). Joseph was an American from Cincinnati, Ohio. Louis was the son of German immigrants, Louis Michel Fuchs and Caroline Elisabeth Fuchs. Catherina was the also the daughter of German immigrants, Carl Joseph Flach and Francisca Engel.
President Fox’s paternal grandmother was María Elena Pont Zamora (the daughter of Pierre Pont, also known as Pedro Pont Bennes, and of Librada Zamora Becerra). Pierre was born in Rivel, Aude department, France, to Jean-Pierre Pont and Elisabet Bennes. Librada Zamora was Mexican, and was the daughter of José Trinidad Zamora and Micaela Becerra.
President Fox’s maternal grandfather was Vicente Quesada González (the son of Antonio Quesada González and Constancia González Álvarez). Antonio was the son of ? Quesada and ? González. Constancia was the daughter of ? González and ? Álvarez.
President Fox’s maternal grandmother was Catalina Echaide Eguiguren (the daughter of Ambrosio Echaide García and Juana Bautista Eguiguren Ugarte). Ambrosio was the son of Faustino Echaide Monreal and Ramona Gregoria García Baigorri. Juana was the daughter of José Agustín Eguiguren Emparan and María Josefa Ugarte Odriozola.
Source: Genealogy of Vicente Fox – http://www.geni.com
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