Slovakia elected first female president: Zuzana Caputova

Slovakia has just elected its first female president a year after a journalist’s murder triggered calls for change. Political novice Zuzana Caputova ran on a slogan of “Stand up to evil.”

Ms Caputova, who has almost no political experience, defeated high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic from the governing party in a second round run-off vote.

She framed the election as a struggle between good and evil.

The election follows the murder of an investigative journalist last year.

Jan Kuciak was looking into links between politicians and organised crime when he was shot alongside his fiancée in February 2018.