On June 3, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum made history in Mexico, becoming the country's first female president. Her landslide election victory was a landmark event not only for Mexico, but for the entire world, symbolizing an important step in the direction of gender equality and political transformation.
The representative of the ruling party "Movement of National Revival", climatologist and former mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, won between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes, the National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE) informed.
In turn, Xochitl Gálvez from the right-wing alliance of parties "Strength and Heart for Mexico" won about 29% of the vote, and the third candidate, Jorge Alvarez Maynes, received about 10% of the vote.
In the early 2000s, Scheinbaum was Mexico City's environmental secretary. In 2018, she was elected mayor of Mexico City.
On the eve of the 2024 presidential election, on June 12, 2023, it was announced that Scheinbaum would resign as mayor of Mexico City on June 16.
Already on September 6, 2023, she was officially chosen as a party candidate for the 2024 elections.
