Zuzana Caputova inaugurated as 1st Slovak female president
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Liberal environmental activist and lawyer Zuzana Caputova has been inaugurated as the first female president of Slovakia.
Caputova took the oath of office at a special session of Parliament Saturday, becoming Slovakia's fifth president since it gained independence after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
The 45-year-old has little experience in politics but attracted voters who are appalled by corruption and mainstream politics. Her election to the largely ceremonial post defied a wave of gains for far right populists across Europe.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The president of the nation of 5.4 million people has the power to pick the prime minister, appoint Constitutional Court judges and veto laws. Parliament can override the veto with a simple majority, however. The government, led by the prime minister, possesses most executive powers.