Claudia Sheinbaum

Claudia Sheinbaum   (politician)
Born	24 June 1962
President-elect of Mexico In office 1 October 2024 - Present

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.

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.

Reactions

Currency declines

The Financial Times reported "Peso falls as Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexico presidency by landslide".

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.

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.

Julian Assange

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.

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