June 3, 2024 11:19 PM

Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first woman President

Climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, has been elected as the first woman to be elected as President of Mexico. She will also be the first Jewish leader of Jewish heritage to hold the office, Politico reported. Sheinbaum (61) received nearly 58 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results from the Mexican electoral office. Sheinbaum's opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez, backed by a coalition of the National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (P...