Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, has been elected Mexico’s first female president after a very tight vote.
Sheinbaum, the candidate of the ruling Movement of National Regeneration, known as Morena, had 58.6% of the votes with 73% of the ballots counted, according to official results from Mexico’s election agency.
“Our duty is and will always be to look after every single Mexican without distinction,” Sheinbaum said in a speech early Monday morning.
“Even though many Mexicans do not fully agree with our project, we will have to walk in peace and harmony to continue building a fair and more prosperous Mexico.”
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum
She is the first Jewish person, to be elected president of Mexico. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Europe to escape the Holocaust.
Sheinbaum 61-year-old is a physicist with a doctorate in energy engineering and was part of the United Nations panel of climate scientists that received a Nobel Peace Prize.
Sheinbaum has two children and one grandchild. Her partner, Jesús María Tarriba, whom she met at university while both were studying physics, is a financial risk specialist at the Bank of Mexico.
