Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum has made history after being elected Mexico’s first female President.
But it’s her immediate and medium term future which is preoccupying commentators’ minds, as the ‘supermajority’ gained in congress presents the prospect of constitutional reform and major upcoming economic changes, after she won just under 60% of the vote.
Her background will bring new technical expertise and pragmatism to the presidency, when she takes office from October. That was evident in her time as Head of Government of Mexico City, where she developed and then continuously followed up on the implementation status of her 220-page government plan.
“The public-private partnerships that Sheinbaum moved forward during her leadership in Mexico City could be a model she brings to her new administration to advance, for example, more renewable energy projects in Mexico,” notes Jason Marczak, Vice President and Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center.
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