Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first woman president in an historic landslide win. She is a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City. She won over her main rival Xóchitl Gálvez with approximately 58.3-60.7% of the vote.
Claudia Sheinbaum will replace the outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on October 1. In 2018, Claudia Sheinbaum became the first female mayor of Mexico City, a post she held until 2023, when she stepped down to run for president.