Zuzana Čaputová

President of Slovakia

Zuzana Strapáková 21 June 1973 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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Incumbent

current President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová, MPTP (Slovak pronunciation:  ; née Strapáková; born 21 June 1973) is a Slovak politician, lawyer, and environmental activist who has been President of Slovakia since 15 June 2019. Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the youngest president in the history of Slovakia, elected at the age of 45. She first became known by prevailing in a decade-long struggle against the situating of a toxic landfill in her hometown of Pezinok. For this, Čaputová was awarded the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize. Čaputová won the 2019 presidential election with 58% of the vote in the run-off. "We’ll try to have a constructive relationship with neighbouring countries but at the same time have clear stances and positions based on values," she told an interviewer.