Claudia Sheinbaum, a 62-year-old physicist and environmental engineer, will govern Mexico until 2030: a country of 127.5 million inhabitants and the second largest Latin American economy after Brazil
On Thursday, August 15, leftist leader Claudia Sheinbaum received the certificate that accredits her as president-elect of Mexico, a fact that she described as “historic.”
“It is the first time in 200 years of the Republic that a woman has been recognized as president-elect,” said the former mayor of Mexico City after receiving the document from the head of the Electoral Tribunal, Monica Soto.
The day before, that institution validated the results of the elections of June 2, in which Sheinbaum obtained 59.7% of the votes, 32 points above Senator Xóchitl Gálvez, her center-right rival.
“I’m very excited, it’s a historic day,” the president-elect told reporters. She will take office on October 1, replacing Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who in 2018 became Mexico’s first leftist president.
Sheinbaum, a 62-year-old physicist and environmental engineer, will govern this country of 127.5 million inhabitants and Latin America’s second largest economy after Brazil until 2030.
The leader, as reported AFP, He has repeatedly promised to continue the social programs on which López Obrador bases his popularity, which is more than 60% according to various polls.
He has also pledged to push through a controversial reform of the judiciary, which calls for the popular election of ministers and judges, which the opposition says threatens the independence of that branch of government and the administration of justice.
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“As head of the federal executive, as the first female president of Mexico, know that I will act with honesty, responsibility, respecting the independence of the powers,” Sheinbaum said at the official ceremony.
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