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Katalin Éva Veresné Novák (born 6 September 1977) is a Hungarian politician who served as president of Hungary from 2022 to 2024. Elected at the age of 44, she was the first woman and youngest person ever to hold the post.
- Office abolished
- Viktor Orbán
Feb 10, 2024 · Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message that she would step down from the presidency, an office she has held since 2022.
Feb 10, 2024 · Hungary’s conservative president Katalin Novák has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government.
- jspike@ap.org
- Reporter
Feb 10, 2024 · Hungary's conservative President, Katalin Novák, has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case.
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Mar 10, 2022 · Katalin Novák has been elected as Hungary's first female president. She received 137 votes from MPs on Thursday, ahead of her opposition rival, economist Péter Róna, with 51.
Feb 9, 2024 · Katalin Novák, the first female president in Hungary’s history, sparked indignation after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon in April 2023 to a man convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home.
Feb 8, 2024 · Hungary’s opposition parties say that President Katalin Novák, Hungary’s one-time minister for families and a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is no longer fit to hold office after she pardoned the former deputy director of a state-run children’s home last year.
