Claudia Sheinbaum

President of Mexico since 2024

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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 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 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.
February 1 2025 Following Trump's executive order implementing tariffs, Sheinbaum threatened both tariff and non-tariff retaliation against the United States.
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.
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 Launched the House to House Health program, offering medical care to the elderly and people with disabilities.
2024 Introduced the Women's Wellbeing Pension, providing bimonthly financial assistance to senior women aged 60 to 64.
2024 Continued the previous administration's practice of using SEDENA's Military Engineers Corps for government infrastructure projects.
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 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 Featured in Forbes list of World's 100 most powerful women, ranked 4th.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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.

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