Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History as Mexico's First Female President
Historic Inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum officially took office Tuesday as Mexico's first female president and the first of Jewish heritage during a historic inauguration ceremony Tuesday afternoon. At the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro in Mexico City, attendees swarmed Sheinbaum, taking selfies and greeting her. She approached outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Ifigenia Martínez, president of Mexico's Chamber of Congress.
A Symbolic Transition of Power
In a symbolic act of the transition of power between López Obrador and Sheinbaum, Martínez, who many credit as a trailblazer for women in Mexican politics, handed Sheinbaum a presidential sash decorated with the colors of the Mexican flag. Sheinbaum took her oath and addressed a room of more than 100 high-profile invitees, including U.S. first lady Jill Biden and the presidents of nearly a dozen African and Latin American countries.
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