A physicist and climate scientist who served as mayor of Mexico City (2018-2023), Sheinbaum was chosen as the Morena party's successor to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and won the June 2024 election decisively, becoming Mexico's first woman president on taking office 1 October 2024. Her presidency has been dominated by managing relations with the second Trump administration over tariffs, migration, and drug-cartel policy.

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