Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first woman president in an historic landslide win.
The 61-year-old defeated her main rival, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez and is set to replace her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on 1 October.
Below are six things to know about the first elected female president of Mexico:
1. In 2018 she became the first female mayor of Mexico City, a post she held until 2023, when she stepped down to run for president. The post is considered one of the most influential political positions in the country and one that is seen as paving the way for the presidency.
2. Her Jewish maternal grandparents immigrated to Mexico from Bulgaria fleeing the Nazis. while her paternal grandparents hailed from Lithuania.
3. Both of her parents were scientists and she studied physics before going on to receive a doctorate in energy engineering.
4. She had an illustrious career as a scientist before delving into politics.
5. She spent years at a renown research lab in California studying Mexican energy consumption patterns and became an expert on climate change.
6. Sheinbaum is married to financial risk analyst Jesús María Tarriba Unger, whom she wed in November last year.
