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MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum’s list of accolades is long: She has a doctorate in energy engineering, participated in a United Nations panel of climate scientists awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and governed the capital, one of the largest cities in the hemisphere.
Now that she has clinched the presidency, Sheinbaum’s next hurdle will be stepping out of the shadow of her predecessor and longtime mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the outgoing president.She and López Obrador are “different people,” she said in an interview. He’s an oilman who invested in environmentally questionable projects; she’s a climate scientist.
Here are five things to know about the newly elected president of Mexico that help inform whether she will stray from López Obrador’s policies or dedicate herself to cementing his legacy.A former ballet dancer, Sheinbaum calls herself “obsessive” and “disciplined.” But discipline may not be enough, analysts say.
In a hint of potential change, she said in a recent debate that she would seek to reform the country’s migration authority, an agency often accused of corruption. She is known as a tough boss with a quick temper who can inspire in her staff fear and adoration at the same time. Publicly, though, her affect is so controlled it verges on aloof.The candidate’s political career began when López Obrador was elected mayor of Mexico City in 2000 and invited her to a meeting at a diner. “What I want is to reduce pollution,” she recalled López Obrador telling her.
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