Slovakia to welcome its first female president- Zuzana Caputova

Zuzana Caputova, the Anti-corruption candidate has won Slovakia’s presidential election and became the first female president of Slovakia. Zuzana defeated the high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic who was nominated by the governing party, without any political experiences.

Zuzana framed the election as a struggle between good and evil. She gained 58.3 percent of the votes after results from 98.1 percent of voting districts were counted, ahead of European commissioner Maros Sefcovic who took 41.7 percent.

During the vote counting, Zuzana came as the frontrunner for the presidential post. The official results were declared on Sunday by Slovakia’s election commission.

She first achieved renown by prevailing in a decade-long struggle against the situating of a toxic landfill in her hometown of Pezinok. For this she was awarded a 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize. In December 2017, she announced her entry into the emerging political party Progressive Slovakia, and in January 2018, she was elected as a Vice-Chairwoman at the party’s first congress, aiding Ivan Stefunko’s efforts to assure the representation of a credible socially-liberal alternative to the conservative status quo in Slovakia.

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