Claudia Sheinbaum took office this Tuesday as the first female president of Mexico for the six-year period from 2024 to 2030 in a ceremony at the Chamber of Deputies which was attended by almost twenty international leaders and hundreds of representatives of countries and multilateral organizations.
«Honorable Congress of the Union, people of Mexico, I protest to uphold and ensure that the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws that emanate from it are upheld, and to loyally and patriotically carry out the position of president of the republic that the people have conferred on me. »declared Sheinbaum when taking the oath.
The outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), presented the presidential sash to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ifigenia Martínezwho placed the tricolor garment on Sheinbaum, the first woman who will govern the country after more than 200 years of being a republic.
Sheinbaum took office amid shouts of “president, president” and “it’s an honor to be with Claudia today!”, as an echo of “it’s an honor to be with Obrador!”
After the session in Congress, Sheinbaum will go to the National Palace, where he will eat with the invited leaders, among whom the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; of Chile, Gabriel Boric; of Colombia, Gustavo Petro; of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Caneland of Honduras, Xiomara Castro.
Also attending will be personalities such as the first lady of USA, Jill Bidenand the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Joseph Borrell.
At 5:00 p.m. (23:00 GMT), Sheinbaum will receive the baton of command from the indigenous peoples in the Zócalo of Mexico City, the largest public square in the country, where the president will have her first massive event as head of state. and will offer a speech. EFE (I)
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