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Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first female president, in a historic landslide win.
According to early results released by Mexico’s official electoral office, the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City received between 58% and 60% of the vote on Sunday.
This puts her ahead of businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez by almost thirty percentage points. On October 1, Ms. Sheinbaum will succeed her mentor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is leaving office.The outgoing president’s popularity has been boosted by his welfare programs, which Ms. Sheinbaum, a former energy scientist, has promised to continue building on. She will build on the “advances” made by Mr. López Obrador.

She said to applause:

“For the very first time in the two hundred years of the [Mexican] Republic, I am going to become the first woman president of Mexico.”

She said that it was a victory for all women, not just for herself.

“I’ve said it from the start, this is not just about me getting it’s about all of us getting here. I won’t fail you,” she said.

Additionally, Ms. Sheinbaum thanked Xóchitl Gálvez, her opponent, who had conceded the race.Ms. Sheinbaum had one of the most powerful political jobs in the nation—mayor of Mexico City-prior to declaring her candidacy for president. This role is thought to have paved the way for the president.
Her Jewish maternal ancestors fled the Nazis in Bulgaria and emigrated to Mexico. Her grandparents on her father’s side were from Lithuania. Ms. Sheinbaum studied physics before earning a doctorate in energy engineering; both of her mom and dad were scientists. She became an expert on climate change after spending years researching Mexican energy consumption habits at a prestigious research center in California. Her election as Mexico City’s first female mayor in 2018 was followed by her resignation in 2023 to pursue a presidential campaign.