Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, belongs to the ruling Morena party and will be the country’s first Jewish president.
Projections from the country’s official quick count indicate that Claudia Sheinbaum has become history as the first female president of Mexico.
In the rapid count, Sheinbaum received between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, based on a statistical sample.
The National Electoral Institute of Mexico’s Guadalupe Taddei Zavala made the announcement early on Monday morning. According to Taddei Zavala, the count is 95% accurate.
“For the first time in 200 years of our republic, I will become the first woman president…but as I’ve said in other occasions, I did not get here alone,” Sheinbaum remarked, addressing her supporters.
would endeavor to create a “diverse and democratic” Mexico, according to Sheinbaum. Commencing on October 1, the former mayor of Mexico City will hold a single six-year term.
Sheinbaum, a physicist and climate scientist who is 61 years old, will be the first Jewish president of Mexico.
Sheinbaum, a member of the ruling Morena party, will play a significant role in deciding the future of the trade agreement that has become Mexico the United States’ largest trading partner as well as settling issues that are crucial to the country, such immigration and foreign affairs.
The rapid count revealed that the National Electoral Institute of Mexico predicted a voter participation of roughly 60%, according to Taddei Zavala.
It is generally anticipated that Sheinbaum will carry on the legacy of her mentor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is leaving office.
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After a resounding victory in 2018, the leftist Morena party that López Obrador formed has grown to dominate Mexican politics.
The social policies and initiatives that have helped Morena maintain a strong voter approval rating will remain in place, as Sheinbaum has pledged.
Sheinbaum has declared that she intends to carry out her predecessor’s “hugs, not bullets” approach to reducing the high levels of violence in the nation.
This approach involves avoiding direct confrontation with criminal organizations that have taken control of large regions of Mexico in their struggle for territory in order to smuggle drugs into the United States, profit from migrant smuggling, and extort locals to fund their illegal businesses.
According to Mexican government data, at least 102,400 homicides have been documented throughout the past six years, indicating that López Obrador’s program has not substantially contributed to a decrease in killings.
However, the data also demonstrates that the approach taken by López Obrador’s predecessors, who pursued drug lords in a full-scale conflict, did not enhance safety.
Sheinbaim has advocated for increased usage of renewable energy throughout her presidential campaign, slightly deviating from López Obrador’s positions.
From environmental chief to mayor — to highest office
Sheinbaum’s political career started in 2000 when she was appointed by then-Mayor López Obrador of Mexico City as the city’s environmental chief.
Afterwards, she was López Obrador’s principal spokesman during his unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2006. She was chosen to lead Tlalpan, the biggest borough in Mexico City, in 2015. Sheinbaum also made history as Mexico City’s first female mayor three years later.
Her interest of politics and science has been attributed to her parents, who are cell biologists and chemical engineers, respectively. Sheinbaum holds a Ph.D. in environmental engineering and studied physics.
Sheinbaum, a member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was one of the scientists who jointly won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their findings.
Sheinbaum had instruction in guitar and dance while growing up in Mexico City. When she was fifteen, she volunteered to assist groups of moms who were looking for their missing children, a common problem in Mexico.
Sheinbaum got involved in student movements and participated in demonstrations against government meddling in educational matters in the 1980s.
1995 saw her graduate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a doctorate in energy engineering. She then went on to pursue a career in academia.