Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect

Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect

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Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, accompanied by husband Jesus Maria Tarriba, holds the official document certifying her as the winner of the presidential election as she leaves the Federal Electoral Tribunal, in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, accompanied by husband Jesus Maria Tarriba, waves as she arrives to a ceremony to certify her as the winner of the presidential election at the Federal Electoral Tribunal, in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum poses for a photo after her certification as the winner of the presidential election during a ceremony at the Federal Electoral Tribunal in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Mexico City Mayor-elect Clara Brugada waves as she arrives to a ceremony to certify Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum as the winner of the presidential election, at the Federal Electoral Tribunal in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, accompanied by husband Jesus Maria Tarriba, waves as she leaves a ceremony certifying her as the winner of the presidential election, at the Federal Electoral Tribunal in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico.

At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her the country’s next president. The ruling had been delayed by appeals before the federal electoral tribunal.

Sheinbaum will be sworn in as president on Oct. 1, instead of the usual Dec. 1 swearing-in ceremony. The transition period was shortened after Mexican legislators judged that outgoing presidents stayed too long in office. Sheinbaum will serve a six-year term through 2030.

Sheinbaum has pledged to follow all the policies of her predecessor and political mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

She wasted no time in saying that López Obrador’s “hugs, not bullets” policy of not confronting the country’s powerful drug cartels was here to stay. The policy, which stresses hand-out programs to reduce the pool of cartel recruits, has proved ineffective at stemming the wave of drug violence.

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