Presidential election 2019

Citizens of Slovakia elected their new president in 2019. Zuzana Čaputová is the first woman to be elected president in Slovakia. Čaputová won the March 30, 2019 runoff round of the presidential election over Maros Šefčovič.

Peter Pellegrini (left) and Ivan Korčok (right) during a debate ahead of the presidential election.

Six interesting facts from Saturday's presidential election

Almost 1,900 prisoners voted. Who did they pick?

The Presidential Palace in Bratislava.

Who are the 2024 presidential election candidates?

Short profiles of the people who want or wanted to become Slovakia's next head of state.

Hlas party leader Peter Pellegrini.

Pellegrini can’t be sure he will win election race, poll shows

Andrej Danko, another coalition leader and presidential candidate, is struggling in the polls.

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Presidential candidates Igor Matovič (l) and Ivan Korčok (r).

Presidential election poll suggests race is tightening

But the survey suggests Igor Matovič's last-minute bid may be diverting support from Ivan Korčok.

Hlas chair Peter Pellegrini as pictured before one of the first post-election TV debate on October 1, 2023.

Who wants to be president?

Pellegrini has two big decisions to announce, but he is taking his time.

Ivan Korčok offers a worldview that almost exactly contrasts with the one peddled by Smer in its parliamentary campaign.

What to make of Korčok’s presidential bid

Amid the parliamentary election campaign, a former foreign minister says he will run for president.

No other Slovak president faced adversity as much as Čaputová

Čaputová's support in parliament is lowest among Slovak presidents.

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The events that shaped Slovak politics in 2019

Take a look at what Slovakia has been through in the past 12 months.

Zuzana Čaputová and Maroš Šefčovič in one of the debates organised by private broadcaster TV Markíza.

Who had the most expensive presidential campaign?

Transparency International Slovensko published the results based on the final accounts of candidates.

Zuzana Čaputová

Disinformation outlets attacked Čaputová during the presidential campaign the most

What was the reporting on disinformation outlets on the election?

Maroš Šefčovič during the presidential election campaign in Slovakia, March 2019.

Šefčovič: EU did not mind my campaign

Slovakia's EU Commissioner would like to continue in Brussels after EP election.

Zuzana Čaputová in front of the Presidential Palace

Presidential election: Slovaks did not elect “a woman” but “the woman”

Slovakia joined the few countries in the world with female presidents.

A letter to my daughter for the future

I hope that 20 years from now you will find all this ridiculous.

Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Bratislava in 2018.

Macron to Čaputová: Europe needs strong voices like yours

By voting for Čaputová, Slovaks confirmed their devotion to European values.

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Mark Zuckerberg appreciated the work of late Ján Kuciak

Founder of Facebook discussed the role of media in society with Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer publishing house.

Maroš Šefčovič lost the presidential race.

Smer lost the presidential election — again

Observers view the election as a referendum on Smer.

Zuzana Čaputová

Čaputová framed the election “as a struggle between good and evil”

How did the world media respond to Zuzana Čaputová’s victory?

Čaputová won on a record low turnout

She was elected president with the least number of votes in the second round recorded in the history of Slovakia.

Zuzana Čaputová is the first woman to be elected president of Slovakia.

Pani Prezidentka

Zuzana Čaputová’s election victory shows people have had enough of yelling, but there is hard work ahead for her.

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