Pink in Power: Claudia Sheinbaum's Historic Rise to Mexico's Presidency.
The future of Mexico’s government will be led by their first female president. Celebrating this massive victory for women in politics and seeing what the future holds for their country.
By Sage Fernandez
The Future is Female.
On October 1, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will replace President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as Mexico’s leader. Preliminary results showed that Sheinbaum won between 58% and 60% of votes in the election. This put her ahead of businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez by about 30 percentage points.
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Change Worth Waiting For.
Elated by the news of Sheinbaum’s victory, women all over the country celebrated their new President, who was already making waves of change even before officially stepping into office. Sheinbaum could not contain her enthusiasm about this progression in politics and neither could all the women who supported her.
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How She Got Here.
Claudia Sheinbaum is a 61-year-old former Mayor of Mexico City and an energy scientist. Her Mayoral seat paved the way to her presidency as this position is seen as one of the most influential political offices in the country. She spent years at a renowned research lab in California, utilizing her doctoral degree in energy engineering to study Mexican energy consumption. This led her to become a climate change expert, which eventually earned her the position of Secretary of the Environment for Mexico City while Andrés Manuel López Obrador was Mayor of the city. In 2018, she became the first female mayor of Mexico City.
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What the Future Holds for Mexico.
Sheinbaum says she will continue with the “advances” made by President López Obrador. She will further the welfare programs which made the outgoing president popular in the country. In becoming the country’s first female president, her successful presidential campaign is a first in Mexico’s 202-year history. Sheinbaum sees her win as an achievement not just for her, but all women. She pledged to not fail them.
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“I’ve said it from the start, this is not just about me getting [to the top office], it’s about all of us getting here.”
– Claudia Sheinbaum
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