She Made History After Becoming The First Woman Elected President Of Mexico Earlier This Month, Receiving The Highest Number Of Votes For A Candidate In Mexican History
If you’ve been keeping your eyes on news headlines, you’ve likely seen some big news coming out of Mexico.
At the start of the month, a monumental moment in history was marked in Mexico when Claudia Sheinbaum was elected President, shattering the glass ceiling and becoming the first woman to hold the position in the country’s history.
Even if you don’t know much about the country’s history, this is a major event, and it’s worth getting to know this fascinating and successful candidate, who was a climate scientist and mayor before getting elected President.
Claudia was born in 1962 in Mexico City. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Bulgaria in the 1940s to escape the Holocaust. Her mother is a biologist, and her father is a chemical engineer.
Claudia studied physics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and later earned her Ph.D. in energy engineering in 1995.
Throughout the late 90s, she worked as a faculty member at the Institute of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has been very passionate about environmental engineering and climate change.
In the early 2000s, Claudia published scientific articles and began a political career after serving as the Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City from 2000 to 2006.
In 2007 and 2014, she worked on two famous reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
From 2018 to 2023, Claudia served as mayor of Mexico City and did a lot of work involving solar energy and public transportation.
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Some of the issues she’s been most passionate about addressing include promoting environmental protection and education, lowering crime and violence, and improving transportation.
Claudia launched her presidential campaign in March 2024 and ran against politician and businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez.
On June 2nd, 2024, it was announced that Claudia won in a landslide, receiving the highest number of votes for a candidate in Mexican history.
In her victory speech the day after her election, Claudia credited all the women who came before her that made her win possible, including the nation’s ancestors, daughters, mothers, and grandmothers.
Claudia has vowed to continue working on the issues she is most passionate about, like making Mexico a more energy-efficient, environmentally friendly country, bringing down levels of crime, improving social programs, and promoting equal rights and autonomy for women.
Mexico’s recent presidential election is very exciting and a major historical event, as not only is Claudia the first woman to become the country’s President, but she is also their first Jewish President.
Many residents in Mexico have become hopeful for the potential Claudia has as President and her victory is a sign that more countries are ready to break the glass ceiling.
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