After women were chosen as candidates by the ruling party and the opposition coalition, Mexico will almost certainly have its first female president in 2024.
Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City, was chosen as the presidential candidate for the ruling party, while senator Xochitl Galvez was chosen as the presidential candidate for the opposition coalition.
In order to succeed the current president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is prohibited by the constitution from running for a second six-year term, Mexico will hold presidential elections in June 2024.
Following a series of polls conducted by members of the ruling coalition, Sheinbaum, 61, was chosen last Wednesday.
administering party’s public board president Alfonso Durazo said Sheinbaum beat previous International concerns Secretary Marcelo Ebrard by twofold figures in five party overviews
Lopez Obrador’s close ally Sheinbaum is Sheinbaum.
Sheinbaum is expected to have a significant advantage in June as the party’s candidate because the ruling party now controls 22 of Mexico’s 32 states.
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