Meet Andrés Manuel López Obrador, The New Populist President Of Mexico Who Vowed To Sell His Official Jet And Wrote An Entire Bo

AP Photo/Christian Palma Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico's presidency in a landslide victory on Sunday night. The 64-year-old populist inherits a country plagued with official corruption and violence, and a population increasing disillusioned with the political status quo. He campaigned on a platform of ending corruption and poverty and has vowed not to live in Mexico's ornate presidential palace and sell the official jet. López Obrador, also known as AMLO, has also described Donald Trump as "erratic and arrogant," but vowed to get along with the US president. Scroll down to learn more about Mexico's new president. This is Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as "AMLO." The 64-year-old emerged as the country's president on Sunday night with around 53% of the vote. Pedro Mera/Getty Images He grew in a middle-class family in Tabasco state, the son of a petroleum merchant during Mexico's oil boom.