In a first, woman elected Mexico president

KABUL (Pajhwok): Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first woman president by a landslide, a media report said on Monday.

The National Electoral Institute’s president said Sheinbaum had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, while opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez had between 26.6% and 28.6% and Jorge Álvarez Máynez had between 9.9% and 10.8% of the vote, AP reported.

Sheinbaum’s Morena party was also projected to hold its majorities in both chambers of Congress.

Sheinbaum will also be the first person from a Jewish background to lead the overwhelmingly Catholic country.

She will start her six-year term Oct. 1. Mexico’s constitution does not allow reelection.

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