Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, portrays her election as a victory for women.
Highlights
- Katalin Novak, 44, is Hungary’s first-ever female president.
- She is a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
- Novak portrayed her election as a victory for women.
- She will succeed Janos Ader, a co-founder of the governing right-wing Fidesz party who has held the job since 2012.
- The vote comes weeks ahead of a crunch parliamentary election on April 3, where Orban faces a stiff battle to win a fourth straight term in power since 2010.
- The opposition accused Novak of being ‘unfit’ for the presidential position job due to her partisan background.