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Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician · Slovakia · Activists · Born 1973 · age 53

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She spent a decade fighting a toxic landfill in her hometown - and won. That single campaign carried a Slovak lawyer and environmental activist all the way to the presidency in 2019, where she became both the first woman and the youngest person ever elected to the office.

A life in dates

2024Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of AustriaAwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st classAwardOrder of the White EagleAwardVision for Europe AwardAward2023Emperor Otto PrizeAwardGold Medal of Charles UniversityAwardKnight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands LionAward2022Freedom PrizeAwardGrand Cross of the Order of the RedeemerAward2021Silver Medal of the President of the SenateAward2019“I offer expertise, I offer emotion and I offer a healthy activist approach. So I offer my mind, my heart and my hands.”In their wordsSwearing in the first woman President in Slovakia, on 15th June,2019.

“The process of global climate change must be slowed down and reversed, otherwise it can have major consequences.”In their wordsSwearing in the first woman President in Slovakia, on 15th June,2019.

Andrej Hlinka Order Class IAwardCross of Pribina class IAwardĽudovít Štúr Order 1st classAwardPresident of SlovakiaOffice2019-20242016Goldman Environmental PrizeAward1973Born21 June 1973

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Čaputová speaking to reporters during presidential campaign, 2019Čaputová speaking to reporters during presidential campaign, 2019Čaputová and Robert Mistrík, initially a front-runner who withdrew from the race and endorsed herČaputová and Robert Mistrík, initially a front-runner who withdrew from the race and endorsed herČaputová speaks to the European Parliament in 2022Čaputová speaks to the European Parliament in 2022Čaputová with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Grassalkovich Palace, 2023Čaputová with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Grassalkovich Palace, 2023Čaputová (third from the right) with the other 2016 winners of the Goldman Prize, along with U.S. politician Nancy Pelosi.Čaputová (third from the right) with the other 2016 winners of the Goldman Prize, along with U.S. politician Nancy Pelosi.

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  1. I offer expertise, I offer emotion and I offer a healthy activist approach. So I offer my mind, my heart and my hands.

    2019, Swearing in the first woman President in Slovakia, on 15th June,2019., Own words

  2. The process of global climate change must be slowed down and reversed, otherwise it can have major consequences.

    2019, Swearing in the first woman President in Slovakia, on 15th June,2019., Own words

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Awards

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class2024
Order of the White Eagle, Andrzej Duda2024
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen2024
Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion, Petr Pavel2024
Vision for Europe Award, Jan Lipavský2024
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, William Alexander of the Netherlands2023
Emperor Otto Prize2023
Gold Medal of Charles University2023
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, Katerina Sakellaropoulou2022
Freedom Prize, Friedrich Naumann Foundation2022
Silver Medal of the President of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil2021
Andrej Hlinka Order Class I, Ivan Fiačan2019
Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class, Ivan Fiačan2019
Milan Rastislav Štefánik Cross, First Class, Ivan Fiačan2019
Cross of Pribina class I, Ivan Fiačan2019
Goldman Environmental Prize2016

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Zuzana Čaputová was born Zuzana Strapáková on 21 June 1973. She became known through a ten-year battle against a toxic landfill planned for Pezinok, the town where she lived - a fight that ended in her favor and earned her the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize. Three years later she ran for president. She won the 2019 election with 58% of the vote in the run-off, taking office at 45 as Slovakia's fifth president, its first female head of state, and its youngest ever. She served one term and did not run again in 2024.

Country
Slovakia
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1973 · age 53

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