Claudia Sheinbaum

Birth Name: Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Birth: 24 June, 1962

Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Sephardi Jewish

Claudia Sheinbaum is a Mexican politician, scientist, and academic. She has been President of Mexico, since 1 October, 2024. She was previously Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City, from 5 December, 2000 to 15 May, 2006, Mayor of Tlalpan, from 1 October, 2015 to 6 December, 2017, and Head of Government of Mexico City, from 5 December, 2018 to 16 June, 2023. A member of National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she has authored over 100 articles and two books, on energy, the environment, and sustainable development, and similar themes. She is Mexico’s first female President. She is also the first President of Mexico to be of the Jewish religion.

Claudia is the daughter of Annie Pardo Cemo, a biologist and professor emeritus, and Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz, a businessperson and chemical engineer. Her father heled developed the local leather tanning industry, and the manufacturing of its chemical precursors in Mexico. Her mother specializes in the study of the extracellular matrix. Her brother is a physicist. Her paternal grandparents were Ashkenazi Jews from Lithuania, who moved to Mexico in the 1920s. Her mother was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a Sephardi Jewish family. She survived the Nazi occupation of the country; her family went to Israel in 1944, and then to Mexico.

Claudia is married to financial risk management expert Jesús María Tarriba. She has a daughter with her former husband, politician Carlos Ímaz Gispert.

Claudia’s paternal grandfather was Chone/Juan Scheinbaum/Sheinbaum Abramovitz (the son of José Scheinbaum/Sheinbaum and Juana Marsha Abramovitz). Juan was born in Shestakovo, Lithuania, and was involved in the jewelry trade.

Claudia’s paternal grandmother was Emma Yoselevitz Bruk (born Emma Yoselevitz, the daughter of Samuel Yoselevitz and Jaya Bruk/Bruck). Emma was born in Kaunas County, Lithuania. Samuel was the son of Volf Yoselevitz and Rebeca. Jaya was the daughter of Luis/Leyba Bruk/Bruck and Rebeca/Beile Dvora Lyubitz.

Claudia’s maternal grandfather was Josiff Pardo Benjaminoff (the son of Nissim Pardo and Amohka Benyaminov). Josiff was from Sofia, Bulgaria.

Claudia’s maternal grandmother was Matilda Magdalena Cemo Calev (the daughter of Jacques Jacobo Cemo Bedjet and Esther Calev Azaria). Matilda was born in Sofia. Jacques was the son of Jaim Henry Cemo and Mazal Matilde Bedjet. Esther was the daughter of Nissim Kaleff and Clara Azaria.

Sources: https://forward.com

Genealogy of Claudia Sheinbaum – https://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Claudia’s father – https://www.familysearch.org