Presidential Leadership and Democratization in México and Brazil, 2003-2011

José Luis Méndez Martínez is a current Visiting Scholar at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from El Colegio de México as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.He was a Fulbright Scholar in 1987-1989. He is a research-professor at the Center for International Studies of El Colegio de México (1991-1998 and 2005-present). From 2004 to 2005 he was General Director for Research at the Presidential Office for Governmental Innovation. Before that, he was in charge of two important offices in President Fox’s administration: the Federal Civil Service Unit (2003-2004) and the Unit of Analysis of the Presidency (2001-2003).He was Executive Director of the Professional Electoral Service and member of the General Executive Board of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) (1998-2001). He has been an advisor to several Secretaries of the Mexican Federal Government and consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, private consulting firms such as Booz Allen and Hamilton and several Mexican state governments.

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

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