Monday, 1 April 2019

Zuzana Caputova will become first female President of Slovakia

Zuzana Caputova will become first female President of Slovakia

In Slovakia, the government critic and anti-corruption activist Zuzana Caputova is set to become the first female President.

environmental lawyer Caputova got over 58 percent of the ballot after results from 91 percent of polling stations were counted, while EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic garnered nearly 42 percent.

Zuzana caputova is a Slovak politician, lawyer and activist who is the president-elect of Slovakia, due to take office on 15 June 2019.

caputova will be the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the youngest president in the history of Slovakia, at age 45

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

 It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest.

 Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres and is mostly mountainous

Capital: Bratislava