Who Is Katalin Novà¡k, Hungary's First Female and Youngest President Ever?
Katalin Novák, former Fidesz Vice President and Family Minister, was elected as Hungary’s next president by a two-thirds majority. In just over a decade, Novák has had a stellar career: she started at the Foreign Ministry, rose to become Family Minister, and became Vice President of the ruling Fidesz party. In recent years, her role has grown spectacularly. Last year and this year, she was named the most influential woman in Hungarian public life. Katalin Novák is the first female, and at 44 years old, even the youngest president of Hungary since the regime change. She has three children, speaks four foreign languages, runs marathons, and was a committed Fidesz party member.
Katalin Novák began her political career as recently as 2001 (during the first Orbán government) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she specialized in European affairs. In 2010, she became a ministerial counselor, and two years later she was appointed head of cabinet of the Ministry of Human Resources (EMMI). In 2014, she was appointed Secretary of State for Family and Youth Affairs of EMMI, and finally became Minister of Family in October 2020. Between 2017 and 2021, she was also one of the vice presidents of Fidesz. This is just a brief summary of her career- there is much more. And not only because she will be the first female president of Hungary. Read More...
