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Behind the Aegis

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Mon Jun 3, 2024, 02:16 AM Jun 2024

Claudia Sheinbaum Elected as Mexico's First Female President

Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president after romping to victory in an election billed as a referendum on the leftist policies of departing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Sheinbaum, the candidate of the ruling Movement of National Regeneration, known as Morena, won with an estimated 58.3% to 60.7% of the vote, according to a quick count based on a sample of voting stations released by Mexico’s election agency.

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Sheinbaum, a 61-year-old energy engineer whose Jewish grandparents emigrated to Mexico fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe before World War II, has served López Obrador faithfully for decades. She was the former president’s environmental chief when López Obrador was mayor of Mexico City. Sheinbaum was elected mayor in 2018.

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