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00:00 Claudia Sheinbaum has made history by becoming the first female president of the country.
00:05 Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City, holds a PhD in energy engineering
00:10 and has been a leftist activist since university. Her political career has grown close to the so-called
00:16 Fourth Transformation Movement and she officially ran for president in June 2023.
00:27 "I have made the decision to leave my position permanently on the 16th of June of this year
00:34 in order to become the first woman in the history of Mexico to lead the destiny of the nation."
00:45 Sheinbaum has had an extensive academic background, including a residence at Berkeley University.
00:54 But her trajectory as a politician has not been without criticism, including her management of
01:00 the embattled transport system which led to the collapse of Line 12 metro that claimed the lives
01:05 of 26 people in 2021, as well as the collapse of a school and the 2017 earthquake. An academic
01:14 researcher, Sheinbaum says her government will focus on five major points - security, free and
01:20 scientific education, socially oriented economy, water regulation and the transition to renewable energy.