Claudia Sheinbaum | |
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President-elect of Mexico | |
Assuming office 1 October 2024[1] | |
Succeeding | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Head of Government of Mexico City | |
In office 5 December 2018 – 16 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | José Ramón Amieva |
Succeeded by | Martí Batres |
Mayor of Tlalpan | |
In office 1 October 2015 – 6 December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Héctor Hugo Hernández Rodríguez |
Succeeded by | Fernando Hernández Palacios |
Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City | |
In office 5 December 2000 – 15 May 2006 | |
Head of Government | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Preceded by | Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Vega López |
Personal details | |
Born | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo 24 June 1962 Mexico City, Mexico |
Political party | Morena (since 2014) |
Other political affiliations | Party of the Democratic Revolution (1989–2014) |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz (father) Annie Pardo Cemo (mother) |
Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS, MS, PhD) |
Signature | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Energy conservation, energy policy, sustainable development |
Institutions | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo[a] (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, scientist, and academic who is the president-elect of Mexico, the first woman to be elected to the position.[3] She is a member of the left-wing National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[3][4]
From 2000 to 2006, Sheinbaum served as secretary of the environment under future president Andrés Manuel López Obrador during his tenure as head of government of Mexico City. She was mayor of the Tlalpan borough from 2015 to 2017 and was elected head of government of Mexico City in the 2018 election, where she ran a campaign that emphasized curbing crime and enforcing zoning laws.[5]
A scientist by profession, Sheinbaum received her Doctor of Philosophy in energy engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has authored over 100 articles and two books on energy, the environment, and sustainable development. She contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and in 2018 was named one of BBC's 100 Women.[6]
In June 2023, Sheinbaum resigned from her position as head of the city government to seek Morena's presidential nomination in the 2024 election. In September 2023, she secured the party's nomination over her closest opponent, former foreign secretary Marcelo Ebrard.[7] In June 2024, Sheinbaum won the Mexican general election in a landslide. When Sheinbaum assumes office, she will be the first female president of Mexico and the first president from a predominantly Jewish background.[b][9][10]
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