Zuzana Caputova has been elected as Slovakia’s 1st female president, in keeping with preliminary results.
Caputova, 45 won Saturday’s presidential runoff with over 58 % of the votes.
In the 1st round, Caputova got 40 % of the votes and her strongest rival, the ruling Smer Party’s candidate Maros Sefcovic had over 18 %.
Slovakia separated from Czech Republic in 1993 and declared its independence.–hadisa