Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s First Female President

Mexico has elected its first female president, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor.  Claudia Sheinbaum  will also be Mexico’s first Jewish leader and is on pace to win the country’s largest election in history.  As the new president, Sheinbaum will face several challenges, including security, organized crime, energy and immigration.  Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he will not influence newly elected president Claudia Sheinbaum in naming future officials for the country after Sunday’s landslide victory.  Lopez Obrador also said he may discuss constitutional reforms with Sheinbaum during the transition period.  Sheinbaum will take office on October first.  Her term will last six years.