The Hungarian parliament on Thursday elected Katalin Novak as the country's first woman president for a five-year term, winning over economist Peter Rona in a vote split along party lines.
Novak, a former member of the government as minister without portfolio for family affairs, is taking over from incumbent president Janos Ader, who is ending his second term as president, Xinhua news agency reported.
Hungary's president is not a member of any political party and represents the unity of the Hungarian state. The Hungarian president's duties are largely ceremonial.
In the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, a total of three flights carrying stranded Indian nationals took off from Hungary's Budapest in the last 24 hours amid intensified Russia and Ukraine War.
