Claudia Sheinbaum took office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president for the six-year term from 2024 to 2030, in a ceremony at the Chamber of Deputies attended by nearly twenty international leaders and hundreds of representatives from countries and multilateral organizations.
“Honorable Congress of the Union, people of Mexico, I protest to uphold and enforce the political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws resulting therefrom, and to exercise loyally and patriotically the position of president of the republic that the people have bestowed upon me,” Sheinbaum said.
The outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), presented the presidential sash to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ifigenia Martínez, who presented the tricolor garment to Sheinbaum, the first woman to govern the country after more 200 years old. . years of republic. Sheinbaum took office amid cries of “president, president” and “it’s an honor to be with Claudia today!” ”, echoing “it’s an honor to be with Obrador!” »
After the Congress session, Sheinbaum went to the National Palace, where he met with invited leaders, including the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; from Chile, Gabriel Boric; from Colombia, Gustavo Petro; from Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and from Honduras, Xiomara Castro. Also present are personalities such as the first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, and the high representative of the Union for foreign affairs, Josep Borrell.
The Spanish government was not present at the ceremony, after the controversy that arose a few weeks ago after the Mexican government did not invite King Felipe VI.
The recent President of Mexico declared in her first speech that “it is time for transformation and it is time for women,” during the inauguration ceremony at the Chamber of Deputies. She also promised that private investments from domestic and foreign businessmen would be “safe”, as well as a “responsible” tax policy, during her first speech as the country’s new leader.
