Background
Fernández de Cevallos was born in Mexico City, the son of José Fernández de Cevallos Martínez and Beatriz Ramos Íñigo.
Fernández de Cevallos was born in Mexico City, the son of José Fernández de Cevallos Martínez and Beatriz Ramos Íñigo.
National Autonomous University of Mexico.
He was a presidential candidate in the 1994 election and President of the Mexican Senate. He received a bachelor"s degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and took several courses in economics at the Ibero-American University, where he also worked as a professor of criminal and commercial law. He joined the conservative National Action Party (Personal Area Networks) in 1959 and led its parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (during the 55th legislature) and in the Senate (2003-2006).
In 1994 he ran for president representing his party and lost against the Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León.
Outside politics, Fernández de Cevallos runs an influential law firm specialized in criminal, civil and commercial law. Fernández de Cevallos was abducted from one of his properties, located in Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, on 14 May 2010.
His abandoned vehicle was found nearby, with signs of a violent struggle. Fernandez de Cevallos" kidnappers demanded $100 million in exchange for his release but decreased the amount.
He was released from this abduction on December 20, 2010 in exchange for $30 million.
