Claudia Sheinbaum: Mexico elects first female president

Mexico created historical past when Claudia Sheinbaum was elected because the first lady president of the nation following a landslide victory within the polls.

Mexico’s official electoral authority stated preliminary outcomes confirmed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City profitable between 58 p.c and 60 p.c of the vote in Sunday’s election, reported BBC.

She defeated her key opponent Xóchitl Gálvez by an enormous margin.

Sheinbaum will substitute outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on October 1.

In her victory speech, Sheinbaum, who’s a former vitality scientist, promised her voters that she received’t fail them.

Sheinbaum served as Head of Government of Mexico City, a place equal to that of a state governor within the USA, from 2018 to 2023.