Who is Mexico’s first female president?
us.hola.comMexico has a new president. Claudia Sheinbaum won the country’s presidential elections this past weekend, becoming the first female president in Mexico’s history.
Reuters reports that Sheinbaum won the election with a percentage between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote. Interestingly enough, her biggest competition was another female candidate, Xochitl Galvez, who took between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote.Scroll down to learn more about Sheinbam:How to watch Simone Biles and Suni Lee during the 2024 U.S.
Gymnastics ChampionshipsHow Coco Gauff inspired Cameron Brink’s latest fashion moment: ‘I want to be like Coco’Before her involvement in politics, Sheinbaum earned degrees as a physicist from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
She then acquired a Doctorate degree in energy engineering from the University of California. Her scholarly background has granted her the nickname “La Doctora.” Sheinbaum’s achievements are lenghty, including being the head of the government of Mexico City and being a part of the United Nations panel of climate scientists that received a Nobel Peace Prize. “For the first time in the 200 years of the republic I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” said Sheinbaum to her supporters earlier this weekend.
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