Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico’s first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum took office as the first female President of Mexico for a six-year term from 2024 to 2030 in a ceremony in the Chamber of Deputies this Tuesday, attended by nearly twenty international leaders and hundreds of representatives of countries and multilateral organizations. Took.

“To the Honorable Congress of the Union, the people of Mexico, I do oppose the maintenance and enforcement of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws arising therefrom, and do loyally and patriotically submit to the office of the President of the Republic that the people have declared Sheinbaum. of.

The outgoing President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–2024), handed the presidential sash to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Iphigenia Martínez, who placed the tricolor robe on Sheinbaum, the first woman to rule the country in more than 200 years. Years of being a republic. Sheinbaum responded with chants of “President, President” and “It’s an honor to be with Claudia today!” Amid chants of, “It’s an honor to be with Obrador!” Took charge amidst applause.

After the session in Congress, Sheinbaum went to the National Palace, where he met with invited leaders, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; From Chile, Gabriel Boric; From Colombia, Gustavo Petro; From Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, and from Honduras, Xiomara Castro. Celebrities like Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States, and Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, are also participating.

There was no presence of the Spanish government at the ceremony, following the controversy created by the Mexican government not inviting King Felipe VI a few weeks earlier.

The recent president of Mexico said during his first speech at the investiture ceremony in the Chamber of Deputies that “it is time for change and it is time for women”. During his first speech as the country’s new leader, he also promised that private investment by national and foreign businessmen would be “safe”, as well as a “responsible” fiscal policy.