Claudia Sheinbaum
 Claudia Sheinbaum    (climate scientist, politician) | ||||||||||
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| Born | 24 June 1962 Mexico City, Mexico Federal District, Mexico | |||||||||
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico | |||||||||
| Religion | Jew | |||||||||
First women in Mexico to become president. Called a "left-wing Sarah Palin".
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Claudia Sheinbaum is a Mexican climate scientist and politician who won a landslide victory on 2 June 2024 to become Mexico’s first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph.[1]
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Background
- Four years at the US government's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.[2]
- Member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and involved in the fifth "report" of the IPCC[3]
- In 2018 was named one of the BBC's 100 Women.[4]
2024 Mexican General Elections
Sheinbaum was called the "left-wing Sarah Palin" in a segment by Democracy Now![5]
| Why Mexico Just Elected the World's Most Left-Wing President |
Claudia Sheinbaum, a leftwing former mayor of Mexico City, won the presidency with between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority. The ruling coalition led by Sheinbaum’s Morena party was also on track for a possible two-thirds super-majority in both houses of Congress, which would allow the coalition to pass constitutional reforms without opposition support. The big win for Sheinbaum was consistent with polls throughout the campaign.[6]
Reactions
Currency declines
The Financial Times reported "Peso falls as Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexico presidency by landslide".[7]
Congratulations
Yanis Varoufakis posted on X:
- Congratulations to friend and fellow traveller Claudia Sheinbaum. Winning the Presidency of Mexico is not just a confirmation of Andres Manuel's policies in favour of the poor but a giant leap for radical feminism and ecology. A rare glimmer of hope in a bleak era.[8]
As did Jeremy Corbyn:
- Congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to be elected President of Mexico.
- This is a victory for the people of Mexico, for social justice and for the future of our planet.[9]
Julian Assange
| "The North Needs to Learn from the South": Mexico Poised to Elect First Woman President |
Gabriel Shipton, brother of Julian Assange, posted:
- When she was Mayor of Mexico City, President @Claudiashein gave Julian the Keys to México City. Mexico has so much love for Julian Assange.[10]
References
- ↑ "Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first woman President"
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240603050146/https://international.lbl.gov/news/mexico-city-mayor-elect-claudia
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180614040639/http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg3/ipcc_wg3_ar5_chapter10.pdf
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46225037
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W76hFPvTyRQ
- ↑ "Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory"
- ↑ "Peso falls as Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexico presidency by landslide"
- ↑ "Congratulations to friend and fellow traveller Claudia Sheinbaum"
- ↑ "Congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to be elected President of Mexico"
- ↑ "Mexico has so much love for Julian Assange"
