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Mexico picks first woman to head electoral body amid political row

Mexican lawmakers on Friday for the first time chose a woman to head the National Electoral Institute (INE), as the electoral authority faces a bruising struggle with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Guadalupe Taddei, 59, will take over from Lorenzo Cordova amid intense political scrutiny of the body, including attempts by the president to slim down the INE's budget and offices.

Taddei, who was selected via a lottery system, is related to some political appointees of the president, though Lopez Obrador stressed he was not personally acquainted with her.

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