Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 03 Jun 2024, 03:31 am Print
Photo Courtesy: Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico's first female president. Photo Courtesy: Claudia Sheinbaum X page
Mexico created history when Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as the first woman president of the country following a landslide victory in the polls.
Mexico's official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday's election, reported BBC.
She defeated her key opponent Xóchitl Gálvez by a massive margin.
Sheinbaum,61, will replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on October 1.
In her victory speech, Sheinbaum, who is a former energy scientist, promised her voters that she won't fail them.
Sheinbaum served as Head of Government of Mexico City, a position equivalent to that of a state governor, from 2018 to 2023.
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