Against the backdrop of Budapest’s eminently iconic parliament, former family minister Katalin Novák, who during her tenure helped to increase Hungarian births by 25%, was officially inaugurated as president on Saturday, marking the first time in the country’s history that a female has assumed the role as head of state.
The ceremonial inauguration, intended to reflect the unity of the Hungarian nation, began in the morning with an ecumenical service at the Reformed Church in Kálvin Square, where Catholic, Calvinist, Evangelical Lutheran, and Orthodox prelates—along with principal political figures like former head of state János Áder, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and Speaker of the Parliament László Köver—were in attendance.
