Claudia Sheinbaum
President of Mexico since 2024
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| 2025 | Named in Time World's 100 most influential people, further cementing her status as a significant global leader. |
| February 3 2025 | Sheinbaum reached an agreement with Trump to suspend tariffs for one month, committing to deploy 10,000 National Guard troops to the border in exchange for U.S. action against weapons trafficking to Mexico. |
| February 3 2025 | Reached an agreement with Trump to suspend tariffs for one month, committing to deploy 10,000 National Guard troops to the border in exchange for Trump's pledge to address weapons trafficking to Mexico. |
| February 1 2025 | Following Trump's executive order implementing tariffs, Sheinbaum threatened both tariff and non-tariff retaliation against the United States. |
| February 1 2025 | Threatened tariff and non-tariff retaliation following Trump's executive order implementing tariffs on Mexican imports. |
| 2024 | Dispatched a multiagency task force of Mexican Army soldiers, National Guard members, and National Intelligence Center agents to address violence within the Sinaloa Cartel. |
| 2024 | Ranked 4th on Forbes' list of World's 100 Most Powerful Women, demonstrating her global prominence and impact. |
| 2024 | Named on Time's 100 Climate list, acknowledging her contributions to climate-related issues and leadership. |
| 2024 | Received the Nobel Prize for Sustainability from the University of California, Berkeley, recognizing her global leadership in sustainability and climate change policies. |
| 2024 | Launched the House to House Health program, offering medical care to the elderly and people with disabilities. |
| 2024 | Continued the previous administration's practice of using SEDENA's Military Engineers Corps for government infrastructure projects. |
| 2024 | Introduced the Women's Wellbeing Pension, providing bimonthly financial assistance to senior women aged 60 to 64. |
| 2024 | By her first 100 days in office, Sheinbaum's government reported 7,720 arrests, seizure of 66 tons of drugs, and dismantling of 115 methamphetamine laboratories. |
| 2024 | During her first weeks in office, Sheinbaum adopted a more aggressive approach to organized crime, marked by increased confrontations and a departure from the previous 'hugs, not bullets' strategy. |
| 2024 | Featured in Forbes list of World's 100 most powerful women, ranked 4th. |
| 2024 | Inaugurated the final sections of the Tren Maya and announced plans to integrate freight services and extend the network toward Progreso, Yucatán. |
| 2024 | Announced a MX$33 billion investment to modernize six ports across Mexico: Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Acapulco, Veracruz, and Progreso. |
| 2024 | Outlined a goal to construct approximately 3,000 kilometers of railroad, including Mexico–Pachuca, Mexico–Nuevo Laredo, and Mexico–Nogales lines, to be completed in four phases. |
| 2024 | Published a constitutional amendment restoring the Mexican State's authority to use railway lines for passenger transport services, demonstrating a commitment to expanding Mexico's passenger rail network. |
| December 2024 | Classified by Forbes as the fourth most powerful woman in the world. |
| December 31 2024 | Sheinbaum published a bill expanding the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection's (SSCP) powers, enabling greater collaboration with the Attorney General's Office and improving inter-governmental intelligence gathering capabilities. |
| December 20 2024 | Sheinbaum signed a bill dissolving autonomous bodies overseeing telecommunications, economic competition, and transparency, as part of a government simplification effort. This included restructuring cabinet positions and creating three new secretariats: Women, Science/Humanities/Technology/Innovation, and a Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency. |
| December 2 2024 | Elevated several social programs to constitutional law. |
| November 2024 | Sheinbaum made her first international trip as president to attend the G20 summit, where she proposed allocating 1% of global military spending to reforestation and advocated for expanding the UN Security Council. She held bilateral meetings with leaders of multiple countries including Biden, Trudeau, Xi Jinping, and Macron. |
| November 2024 | Sheinbaum makes her first presidential foreign trip to attend the G20 summit, where she proposes allocating 1% of global military spending to reforestation and advocates for expanding the UN Security Council. She holds bilateral meetings with leaders of multiple countries including Biden, Trudeau, Xi Jinping, and Macron. |
| November 6 2024 | Congratulated Donald Trump on winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election and sent a warning letter about potential retaliatory tariffs in response to his threats of 25% tariffs on Mexican imports. |
| November 6 2024 | Sheinbaum congratulates Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election and sends a diplomatic warning letter in response to his proposed 25% tariff on Mexican imports, emphasizing potential escalating retaliatory tariffs and highlighting the issue of U.S. firearms trafficking to Mexican criminal groups. |
| October 2024 | Diplomatic relations with U.S. ambassador Ken Salazar were resumed, with new protocols requiring him to communicate through the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. |
| October 2024 | Diplomatic relations with U.S. ambassador Ken Salazar resume, with Sheinbaum establishing new protocols requiring ambassadorial communication through the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. |
| October 31 2024 | Claudia Sheinbaum published a bill asserting constitutional supremacy, which limited legal challenges to constitutional amendments to strictly procedural grounds, in response to a Supreme Court draft opinion challenging judicial reforms. |
| October 30 2024 | Claudia Sheinbaum published a constitutional amendment reestablishing the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and Pemex as public entities, reversing key aspects of the 2013 energy reform. The amendment ensures the CFE maintains a 54% electricity generation share, with private companies restricted to 46% under regulated conditions prioritizing public needs over profit. |
| October 22 2024 | Announced the fusion of SEGALMEX and DICONSA into Food for Wellbeing, aimed at supporting small local producers and offering quality products at affordable prices. Over 24,500 DICONSA stores will be reorganized and rebranded as Wellbeing Stores to Generate Happiness. |
| October 12 2024 | Sheinbaum expressed support for a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestine conflict, condemning the Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent violence while maintaining a stance of neutrality. |
| October 12 2024 | Sheinbaum expresses support for a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestine conflict, condemning the October 7 Hamas attack, subsequent violence in Gaza, and calling for a more proactive UN role while maintaining diplomatic neutrality. |
| October 2 2024 | Issued a decree acknowledging the State's responsibility for the Tlatelolco massacre, including a public apology delivered by Secretary of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez on the massacre's anniversary. |
| October 1 2024 | Her inauguration was attended by 105 international representatives, including 16 heads of state and 23 international organization delegates, such as Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, and US First Lady Jill Biden. |
| October 1 2024 | During her inauguration address, Sheinbaum thanked her predecessor, highlighted her historic election, pledged responsible fiscal policies, and reassured foreign investors. |
| October 1 2024 | Assumed office as the 66th president of Mexico, becoming the first woman to hold this position. |
| October 1 2024 | Claudia Sheinbaum was awarded the Grand Master and Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico's highest honor typically given to distinguished individuals who have made significant contributions to Mexico. |
| October 1 2024 | Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as president of Mexico, becoming the first woman and first person of predominantly Jewish heritage to hold the office. She was handed the presidential sash by Ifigenia Martínez, president of the Congress of the Union. |
| October 1 2024 | Assumes office as the 66th president of Mexico, becoming the first woman to hold this position. |
| October 1 2024 | King Felipe VI of Spain was controversially not invited to the inauguration, due to his failure to respond to López Obrador's 2019 letter requesting an apology for historical Spanish conquest abuses, which prompted a boycott by the Spanish government. |
| October 1 2024 | Received the Grand Master and Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, a prestigious national honour in Mexico. |
| October 1 2024 | Her presidential inauguration was attended by 105 international representatives, including 16 heads of state and 23 delegates from international organizations, with notable attendees such as Presidents Lula da Silva, Gabriel Boric, Gustavo Petro, and US First Lady Jill Biden. |
| October 1 2024 | Sheinbaum received the presidential sash from Ifigenia Martínez, the president of the Congress of the Union, in a symbolic transfer of power. |
| September 1 2024 | After the LXVI Legislature was sworn in, several of Sheinbaum's campaign promises were passed by Congress, including the judicial reform and transfer of the National Guard to the Secretariat of National Defense. |
| August 2024 | Sheinbaum met with governors and governors-elect to discuss key projects for the 2025 budget. |
| June 2024 | Won the general election for president in a landslide against National Action Party candidate Xóchitl Gálvez. |
| June 2024 | Wins the general election in a landslide against National Action Party (PAN) candidate Xóchitl Gálvez. |
| June 20 2024 | Claudia Sheinbaum began rolling out her cabinet appointments, starting with the first announcements. |
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