Slovakia is one of two countries that used to make up the Czechoslovakia Socialist Republic. They became two independent countries in something called the Velvet Divorce in 1993. The other country is the Czech Republic.
Caputova has been elected as the fifth president of Slovakia. She won the election by 58%. She is the first woman president of Slovakia. She is strong on environmental issues, anti-corruption, and equality. She is bucking the trend in Europe of populist leaders. She is not a Populist. Two newspaper reporters who were reporting on the corruption of the most popular political party in Slovakia were killed a few months ago, and she protested this.
The previous president decided not to run for a second 5 year term even though he was popular.
To the Moon 