On Tuesday, October 1, Claudia Sheinbaum will be sworn in as Mexico’s first female president, beginning a single six-year term that will run until 2030.
The day will be a national holiday (día feriado), when schools, government offices, banks, diplomatic missions and most businesses will close. Congress recently passed legislation designating presidential transitions every six years as mandatory public holidays.
The ceremony will take place in the Congress building in the capital and aired on all Mexican television networks, as well as many streaming platforms, starting at 9 a.m.
Hundreds of international guests are expected to attend this historic occasion to see the presidential sash pass from outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the 60-year-old former mayor of Mexico City.
Among those in attendance will be U.S. First Lady Jill Biden and Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Russian President Vladimir Putin declined an invitation.
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