Hungary’s first female president, Katalin Novak, has announced her resignation over a pardon granted to a man convicted of covering up sexual abuse in a children’s home.

Surprising Fact. Novák was both the first woman and youngest person to be elected Hungary’s president after she won in 2022 at age 44, according to the Associated Press. Tangent ...

In 2022, she became the first woman to hold the largely ceremonial role of Hungarian president. Saturday’s address was her final one as president, less than two years after she took office.

Constitutional Court head Tamas Sulyok will replace Hungary's first woman president on March 5 after a child abuse scandal involving the resigned predecessor. Le Monde with AFP.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s conservative president resigned Saturday amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a ...

Katalin Novák, president of Hungary, spoke to a group of students, faculty and press in the Kennedy Center on Sept. 26, 2023. She spoke on her experience balancing career and family as well as ...

Despite having a female president, only 13 percent of the seats in Hungary's parliament are taken by women, much lower than the EU average of 33 percent. Rather than just being a recent problem ...