Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Presidency of
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
In office
Starting 1 December 2018 – (Incumbent)
Preceded by Peña Nieto presidency
Seat Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
Political party National Regeneration Movement

The presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador will begin on 1 December 2018, when he will become the 58th President of Mexico. Andrés Manuel López Obrador overcame Ricardo Anaya, José Antonio Meade, and Jaime Rodriguez Calderon in a landslide election on 1 July 2018. His election was the first since 1988 that a president-elect's political party has also won the outright majority in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.[1] He will also be the oldest man to become President of Mexico at inauguration at age of 65.[2]

Events prior to presidency

López Obrador participated in the 2006 and 2012 elections, losing to Felipe Calderon (by a 1% margin) and Enrique Peña Nieto, respectively. After the loss in 2012, he left the Party of the Democratic Revolution to found the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) which would later become into a political party in 2014.[3]

Timeline

López Obrador's political party MORENA would form the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia with left-wing Labor Party and socially conservative right-wing Social Encounter Party – attracting controversy with the latter.[4] He would go on to face Ricardo Anaya, José Antonio Meade, and Jaime Rodriguez Calderon. On 1 July 2018, López Obrador won in a landslide defeat against all other candidates, managing to secure 53% of the popular vote against Anaya's 22%, Meade's 16%, and Rodriguez Calderon's 5%.[5]

In the Congressional elections, the coalition managed to win the majority of seats in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The coalition also managed to win 5 governorships, among them Mexico City's.

President Peña Nieto meets with Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the National Palace

Following López Obrador's victory, he would go on to meet current President Enrique Peña Nieto at the National Palace. [6] At the meeting he said that he would not travel with armed people in a break with what the Mexican presidency usually does.[6]

International reaction

López Obrador's victory was met by various reactions around the world.[7]

Personnel

Campaign team

At the helm of López Obrador's campaign team was Tatiana Clouthier, Alfonso Romo, and Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz. The regional coordinators throughout the nation were Marcelo Ebrard, Bertha Luján (es), Ricardo Monreal, Julio Scherer Ibarra, and Rabindranath Salazar Solorio.[8]

Transition team

Most of the people part of López Obrador's campaign team became into the transition team in order to prepare for the inauguration and the subsequent 6-year presidential term that will last from 1 December 2018 to 31 October 2024.[9]

Proposed cabinet

In December 2017, López Obrador released his cabinet listing, composed of 8 men and 8 women. He proposed dispersing the cabinet throughout the country's states, with the objective of “promoting development throughout the national territory,” while the Presidency, the Secretariat of National Defense, Secretariat of the Navy, the Secretariat of the Interior, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, and the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit remain in the capital.[10][11]

In December 2017, he presented his proposed cabinet:[12]

Replacements Héctor Vasconcelos was replaced by Marcelo Ebrard on 5 July 2018.[13]

Policies

Proposed

He declared that he will take a 60% salary pay cut.[14]

Enacted

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Conteo rápido del INE da victoria a Andrés Manuel López Obrador". El Universal (Mexico City). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Nakamura, Ángel. "Por su edad o militancia, gane quien gane la Presidencia hará historia". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ex-candidate quits Mexico leftist party". Al Jazeera English. September 10, 2012. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Morena y Encuentro Social, aliados en 2018 pero adversarios en el Congreso - Animal Político". www.animalpolitico.com.
  5. ↑ "Cómputos 2018". computos2018.ine.mx.
  6. 1 2 Solomon, Daina Beth. "Mexico's president-elect shuns guards, asks 'people' for protection".
  7. ↑ "International reactions following Andrés Manuel López Obrador's overwhelming victory". Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Ureste, Manu; Salgado, Agustín. "De Tatiana Clouthier a Marcelo Ebrard: este es el organigrama del equipo de campaña de AMLO". Animal Politico. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Redacción (23 April 2018). "Más allá del debate: corrupción y violencia sin control marcan agenda en la elección mexicana". Sin Embargo. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Seis candidatos a la carrera para ocupar Los Pinos a partir del próximo primero de diciembre por un período de cinco años y 10 meses. (A partir de la Reforma Electora de 2014, el Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos tomará posesión el 1 de octubre de cada año empezando en 2024 por un período de seis años.)
  10. ↑ "López Obrador Officially Launches Third Bid for Mexico's Presidency". December 13, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ "The ten proposals of AMLO's pre-campaign". December 14, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Presenta AMLO Gabinete para Presidencia 2018-2024 #GabineteAMLO – AMLO". lopezobrador.org.mx. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Mexico's president-elect Lopez Obrador picks Marcelo Ebrard as foreign minister". Reuters. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Mexico's president-elect Amlo to take 60% pay cut in austerity push". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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