Hungary's first female president takes office

The flag of Hungary. File photoMOSCOW, May 10. The first woman elected to the post of President of Hungary, Katalin Nowak, took up her duties, Janos Ader, who previously held this position, handed over the keys to the official residence of the President of the country, the Sandor Palace in Budapest. In March, the National Assembly of Hungary at a meeting elected the vice-chairman of the ruling party under the leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orban Fidesz, Minister for Family Affairs, Youth and International Relations Katalin Novak, as the new president of the country. She became the first woman in this position.Media: EU may offer compensation to Hungary for supporting the embargo The President of the Republic is elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term. Janos Ader has held this position twice since 2012. «This morning I received the keys to Sandor's Palace from Janos Ader. Every Hungarian can count on me, and I count on every Hungarian. Thank you for your service, Mr. President,» Novak wrote. on her Twitter page. Katalin Nowak was born in 1977 in Szeged. She studied economics and law at the Universities of Szeged, Budapest and Paris. She began her political career as an official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2012, she has worked at the Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources, where she was appointed Secretary of State for Family and Youth Affairs. In the fall of 2017, she was elected vice-chairman of the ruling Fidesz party for foreign affairs, and in 2018, following the results of the parliamentary elections, she became a member of the National Assembly of Hungary. In 2020, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered Novak the position of Minister without Portfolio for Family and Youth Affairs.