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Zuzana Caputova is first female president of Slovakia : Profile, Career Details
Zuzana Caputova is the first female president of Slovakia: Profile, Career Details: Profile, Career Details, Highlights
Zuzana Caputova is named as the first female President of Slovakia.
Zuzana Caputova (45-year-old) is a lawyer by profession and anti-corruption activist. She won 58.40 percent of the votes in the polls conducted on 30th March 2019.
Zuzana Caputova has no political experience. She was known to be a vocal government critic and environmental activist.
Zuzana Caputova had gained prominence as a lawyer when she led a case against an illegal landfill lasting 14 years.
Zuzana Caputova divorcee and mother of two, she is a member of the liberal Progressive Slovakia party, which has no seats in Parliament.
Zuzana Caputova voices a liberal mindset promoting LGBTQ rights in a country where same-sex marriage and adoption is not yet legal.
Zuzana Caputova had won an award in 2016 for successfully blocking a planned landfill in her hometown of Pezinok.
As per the last President Andrej Kiska, Slovakia is in a moral crisis and needs a president like Zuzana Caputova.
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Capital: Bratislava
Largest City: Bratislava
Currency: EURO (EUR)
Official Language: Slovak
President: Zuzana Caputova
Prime Minister: Peter Pellegrini
