In the past, there was only one path to success in Mexican politics: the path of the PRI. But the PRI is not just a political party; it is the institution that shaped Mexico's public and political behavior. It survived armed uprisings, student movements, economic crises, electoral defeats, and corruption scandals, but it was arrogance, corruption, inconsistency, and abuse of power that ultimately brought it down.

• Carlos Salinas de Gortari
• Enrique Peña Nieto
• Vicente Fox
• Elba Esther Gordillo
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano
• Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
• Alejandro Moreno
• Aurelio Nuño