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Unlike in some other republics, former presidents of Mexico do not continue to be important national figures once out of office, and usually lead a discreet life. This is partly because they do not want to interfere with the government of the new president and partly because they may not have a good public image.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 2012 |title=Por qué se van de México los expresidentes |trans-title=Why ex-presidents leave Mexico |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2012/12/121205_mexico_expresidentes_calderon_salinas_exilio_zedillo_an |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=BBC News Mundo |language=es}}</ref> This tradition can be traced back to the presidency of [[Lázaro Cárdenas]]. Former president [[Plutarco Elías Calles]] had personally selected Cárdenas as his successor, and had hoped to control things from behind the scenes as he had for the previous five years. When Cárdenas showed he would rule in name and fact, Calles publicly criticized him, prompting Cárdenas to have Calles escorted out of the country by military police.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cruz Rivera |first=Dulce Liliana |title=El exilo de Plutarco Elías Calles |trans-title=The exile of Plutarco Elías Calles |url=https://www.inehrm.gob.mx/es/inehrm/Conflicto_entre_Calles_y_Cardenas |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana |language=es}}</ref> Cárdenas himself remained silent on the policies of his successor [[Manuel Ávila Camacho]], establishing a tradition that former presidents do not interfere with their successors.
For example, Ernesto Zedillo holds important offices in the United Nations and in the private sector, but outside of Mexico. It is speculated he lives in a self-imposed exile to avoid the hatred of some of his fellow members of the PRI for having acknowledged the PRI's defeat in the 2000 presidential election.<ref>{{cite web |last=Krauze |first=Enrique |date=19 March 2012 |title=Un digno expresidente |trans-title=A worthy former president |url=https://letraslibres.com/revista-espana/un-digno-expresidente/ |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Letras Libres |language=es}}</ref> [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]] also lived in a self-imposed exile in Ireland, but returned to Mexico. He campaigned intensely to have his brother, [[Raúl Salinas]], freed after he was jailed in the early days of Zedillo's term, accused of drug trafficking and planning the assassination of [[José Francisco Ruiz Massieu]]. Carlos Salinas also wrote a book on neo-liberal Mexico, secured a position with the [[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones]] Company in the United States, and worked as a professor at several
Two former presidents, [[Vicente Fox]] and Felipe Calderón,<ref name= "Proceso"/> live in Mexico. As of 2022, Carlos Salinas de Gortari lived in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |title=Dónde vive Carlos Salinas de Gortari ahora que tiene la nacionalidad española |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2022/10/31/donde-vive-carlos-salinas-de-gortari-ahora-que-tiene-la-nacionalidad-espanola/ |website=infobae |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=es-ES |date=31 October 2022}}</ref> and [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] lived in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jurado |first1=Alfonso M. |title=Así es la nueva vida de Enrique Peña Nieto en España: dónde reside y cuál es su patrimonio |url=https://mexico.as.com/actualidad/asi-es-la-nueva-vida-de-enrique-pena-nieto-en-espana-donde-reside-y-cual-es-su-patrimonio-n/ |website=Diario AS |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=es-mx |date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
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