Newcomer Zuzana Caputova, a liberal environmental activist, has been elected as the first female president of Slovakia.
Presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova arrive on stage to address media and supporters at her election headquarters during the second round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 30, 2019. BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- A liberal environmental activist has been elected as the first female president of Slovakia.
She only recently became vice chairman of the Progressive Slovakia, a party so new it has not had a chance to run in parliamentary elections. Caputova resigned from her party post after winning the first round of the presidential vote two weeks ago. The president of the nation of 5.4 million people has the power to pick the prime minister, appoint constitutional Court judges and veto laws. Parliament can override the veto with a simple majority, however. The government, led by the prime minister, possesses most executive powers.
A divorced mother of two, she is in favour of gay rights and opposes a ban on abortion in this conservative Roman Catholic country.
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