translated from Spanish: Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman elected who will rule the city of Mexico

Wednesday makes history in the city of Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman elected as Mayor of the huge metropolis, assumes its mandate on behalf of Morena, the governing party.
While it is not the first woman in absolute terms (rather than her Rosario Robles served in interim between 1999 and 2000), it is the first to accede to the Mayor’s office through the popular vote.
With 56 years and a rather sober style – rarely seen smiling in a public ceremony that goes almost always in a pair of jeans, white shirt and scarf on the neck-Sheinbaum does not meet the average political stereotypes.
Born in the womb of a Jewish family in a mostly Catholic country – his grandparents emigrated from Lithuania and Bulgaria-, Sheinbaum however received a secular education.
And his first passion, as well as the parents, it wasn’t the policy science: she studied physics and energy engineering at UNAM, earned a doctorate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California, United States, and joined the Intergovernmental Panel of experts on climate change (IPCC) of the UN, the team that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
However, his interest in science has not prevented him pursuing his political career.
Controversy this woman, which ensures writes his own speeches and shown cautious when presenting their proposals, it has been linked for years with politicians of the left and the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Getty ImagesSheinbaum was his Ministry of environment when this was the City Mayor in 2000.
In 2012, Lopez Obrador, who was again presidential candidate, proposed it as a possible owner of the same unit, but at the federal level.
Sheinbaum was also one of the first policies in abandoning the traditional party of the left of Mexico, PRD (Democratic Revolution Party), and joining AMLO when formally launched his party Morena, in 2014.
And, in 2015, took the reins of Tlalpan, one of the 16 sectors that comprise the city of Mexico.
His performance as then associate of this sector (between 2015 and 2017) was which generated much controversy in turning to his person.
His power was criticized, especially after the earthquake of September 2017 of 7.1 magnitude, which left more than 300 dead and severely affected the now Mayor of Tlalpan.
Getty Images19 children and 7 adults died when it collapsed the admitted Rebsamen, which, according to experts, collapsed because of irregularities in its construction. Among the victims were 19 children and seven adults who were killed when it collapsed school Rebsamen.
Many locals consider it directly responsible for what happened, since officials in charge approved questionable permits for construction of the building which collapsed on the school.
Sheinbaum denied the allegations and said his rivals during his campaign to use the tragedy of the Rebsamen College political purposes.
Personal life during his years in the University Student Council (CEU) – who fought among other things to improve the academic quality of teachers and researchers – met student leader Carlos Imaz, with whom he was married between 1987 and 2016. They had two children.
His exesposo, a figure well known in the left, fell from grace after being hit by a corruption scandal.
In November of this year, Sheinbaum was chosen by the BBC as one of the 100 most inspirational and influential worldwide by 2018 women.
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Original source in Spanish