Mexico's two main political parties have elected female candidates. The current governing party [Morena] chose Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City. The Broad Opposition Coalition selected Xóchitl Gálvez, as mayor of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City in 2018. This means that, unless a third party gains a substantial amount of support, the next President of Mexico will be a woman. Sheinbaum, 61, is an environmental engineer who became Mexico City's first Jewish mayor and is a close ally of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Gálvez, 60, is a computer engineer who founded her own tech business. She broke into politics as the head of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples. Women were only given the right to vote in 1953 and Mexico currently ranks at number 5 in terms of gender parity in politics. This election will take place in June of 2024.
Mexico Moves Closer to Electing it's First Female President
By: Yazmin Santillan
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