Zuzana Čaputová

Čaputová was born into a working-class family in Bratislava.{{Cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/outsider-caputova-leads-race-slovak-presidency-015757805.html |title=Outsider Caputova wins Slovak presidency |last=Juhasz |first=Laszlo |date=29 March 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |agency=Agence France-Presse |via=Yahoo! News |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331053933/https://news.yahoo.com/outsider-caputova-leads-race-slovak-presidency-015757805.html |url-status=live }} She grew up in the nearby town of Pezinok, in what was Czechoslovakia for the first two decades of her life. Čaputová described her upbringing as having occurred within "an open-minded house". Čaputová studied at the Comenius University Faculty of Law in Bratislava, graduating in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://newsnow.tasr.sk/policy/profile-of-presidential-candidate-zuzana-caputova/ |title=Profile of Presidential Candidate Zuzana Caputova – News Now |first=Martin |last=Fabok |date=17 March 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331154153/http://newsnow.tasr.sk/policy/profile-of-presidential-candidate-zuzana-caputova/ |url-status=live }} Between 1998 and 1999 she completed the training cycle "General Management – Management of Change" and in 1999 the ARK – Mediation course, accredited by the Ministry of Education of Slovakia.{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.zuzanacaputova.sk/files/podklady/Zuzana_profil.pdf |publisher=Zuzana Čaputová |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204409/https://www.zuzanacaputova.sk/files/podklady/Zuzana_profil.pdf |url-status=dead}}

After concluding her education, Čaputová worked in the local government of Pezinok, first as an assistant in the legal department, and later as a deputy to the town mayor.{{cite news|title=Profile of Zuzana Caputova|url=http://www.tasr.sk/tasr-clanok/TASR:20190331TBB00056|publisher=TASR|access-date=31 March 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402113109/http://www.tasr.sk/tasr-clanok/TASR:20190331TBB00056|url-status=live}} She later moved into the non-profit sector at the Open Society Foundations, where she handled public administration and the issue of abused and exploited children. Subsequently, she worked as a project manager at the civic association EQ Klub on local community development.{{Cite news |title=Profil prezidentskej kandidátky Zuzany Čaputovej |journal=Teraz.sk |url=http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/profil-prezidentskej-kandidatky-zuzany/375943-clanok.html |publisher=TASR |location=Bratislava |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204535/http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/profil-prezidentskej-kandidatky-zuzany/375943-clanok.html |url-status=live }}

Between 2001 and 2017, Čaputová worked with Via Iuris, a civic organization, as a lawyer (since 2010), and with Greenpeace on campaign planning.{{cite news |title=Q&A with Zuzana Čaputová |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/qa-zuzana-caputova/ |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204511/https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/qa-zuzana-caputova/ |url-status=live }} In Pezinok, for more than ten years, she was at the forefront of a public campaign against the authorization of another landfill that would aggravate pollution of the soil, air, and water in the city and its surrounding areas. The fight against the landfill culminated in 2013, when the Supreme Court of Slovakia ruled that the new landfill was illegal and violated environmental norms.{{cite news|title=From attorney and activist to president of Slovakia. Who is Zuzana Čaputová?|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22086171/zuzana-caputova-is-the-new-slovak-president.html|website=The Slovak Spectator|publisher=Petit Press|access-date=31 March 2019|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407024858/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22086171/zuzana-caputova-is-the-new-slovak-president.html|url-status=live}} Čaputová has run her own law firm and authored and co-authored several publications. She is a fellow of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), a network of environmental lawyers and jurists.{{cite news |title=Goldman Prize Winner Zuzana Caputova is Newest ELAW Fellow |url=https://elaw.org/goldman-prize-winner-zuzana-caputova-newest-elaw-fellow?_ga=2.4700788.697862843.1554047288-1322803508.1554047288 |access-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204534/https://elaw.org/goldman-prize-winner-zuzana-caputova-newest-elaw-fellow?_ga=2.4700788.697862843.1554047288-1322803508.1554047288 |url-status=live }}

As a co-founding member{{cite web|title=Progresívne Slovensko neprekvapilo, povedie ho Štefunko. Trúfa si na 15 percent|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/20742477/progresivne-slovensko-neprekvapilo-povedie-ho-stefunko-trufa-si-na-15-percent.html|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|access-date=26 February 2019|language=sk|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327184426/https://domov.sme.sk/c/20742477/progresivne-slovensko-neprekvapilo-povedie-ho-stefunko-trufa-si-na-15-percent.html|url-status=live}} of Progressive Slovakia, a non-parliamentary liberal party, Čaputová served as its deputy chair until March 2019, after which she resigned due to her presidential candidacy.{{Cite web|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/22079724/caputova-sa-vzdala-funkcie-podpredsednicky-progresivneho-slovenska.html|title=Čaputová sa vzdala funkcie podpredsedníčky Progresívneho Slovenska|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|language=sk|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327184055/https://domov.sme.sk/c/22079724/caputova-sa-vzdala-funkcie-podpredsednicky-progresivneho-slovenska.html|url-status=live}} Čaputová was the party's candidate in the 2019 Slovak presidential election{{Cite news|first=Marc|last=Santora|title=In Slovakia, Unlikely Presidential Candidate Signals a Backlash Against Populism|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/europe/slovakia-election.html|website=The New York Times|date=15 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518124920/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/europe/slovakia-election.html|url-status=live}} and proceeded to be elected president in the second round, after receiving over 58% of the vote and beating her opponent Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, an independent who was supported by the long-dominant Smer–SD party.{{cite news|first1=Marc|last1=Santora|first2=Miroslava|last2=Germanova|title=Zuzana Caputova Is Elected Slovakia's First Female President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/world/europe/slovakia-election-president.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 March 2019|access-date=31 March 2019|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303071348/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/world/europe/slovakia-election-president.html|url-status=live}}

File:Rozhovor Zuzana Čaputová po odvolení.jpg

In a press conference held on 29 March 2018, Čaputová announced her bid for the Slovak presidency in the 2019 presidential race as the candidate of Progressive Slovakia. Robert Mistrík, another strong contender, withdrew from the race and endorsed her on 26 February 2019.{{Cite web|first=Claudia|last=Patricolo|title=Robert Mistrík pulls out of Slovak presidential race, backs Zuzana Čaputová|url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/robert-mistrik-pulls-out-of-slovak-presidential-race-backs-zuzana-caputova/|publisher=Emerging Europe|date=27 February 2019|access-date=31 March 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204549/https://emerging-europe.com/news/robert-mistrik-pulls-out-of-slovak-presidential-race-backs-zuzana-caputova/|url-status=live}} She said she had felt compelled to run for the Presidency after the murder of Ján Kuciak, an investigative journalist.{{Cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22088177/presidential-election-slovakia-caputova-victory-world-media-response.html|title=Čaputová framed the election "as a struggle between good and evil"|website=The Slovak Spectator|publisher=Petit Press|date=31 March 2019|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401143942/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22088177/presidential-election-slovakia-caputova-victory-world-media-response.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|first=Shaun|last=Walker|title=Slovakia's first female president hails victory for progressive values|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/31/slovakia-elects-zuzana-caputova-first-female-president|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 March 2019|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-date=15 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915051334/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/31/slovakia-elects-zuzana-caputova-first-female-president|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/humanist-lawyer-becomes-slovakias-first-female-president/ |title=Humanist lawyer becomes Slovakia's first female president |date=31 March 2019 |website=Emerging Europe |access-date=6 April 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405203804/https://emerging-europe.com/news/humanist-lawyer-becomes-slovakias-first-female-president/ |url-status=live }}

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Čaputová won the first round of the election on 16 March 2019, with 40.57% of the vote. She then defeated her second-place opponent, Maroš Šefčovič, by around 58% to 42% in the second run-off round on 30 March 2019.{{cite news |title=Zuzana Caputova becomes Slovakia's first female president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47756368 |access-date=31 March 2019 |work=BBC News |date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401231257/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47756368 |url-status=live }} The second-round turnout of just 41.79% was the lowest for any round of voting in that type of election in Slovakia. The number of votes with which Čaputová was elected to office was also the lowest for any directly elected Slovak president to date.{{Cite news |title=Čaputová won on a record low turnout |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22088166/presidential-election-turnout-low-results-caputova.html |work=The Slovak Spectator |author=Terenzani, Michaela |date=31 March 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331172232/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22088166/presidential-election-turnout-low-results-caputova.html |url-status=live }} Her presidential inauguration took place on 15 June 2019 during a special session of the National Council in Bratislava.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/zuzana-caputova-inaugurated-as-1st-slovak-female-president |title=Zuzana Caputova inaugurated as 1st Slovak female president |date=15 June 2019 |publisher=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=29 June 2019 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107223602/https://www.foxnews.com/world/zuzana-caputova-inaugurated-as-1st-slovak-female-president |url-status=live }}

She was rated as the most trusted politician in the country in both 2020{{Cite web|title=President Zuzana Caputova most trusted politician in Slovakia|url=https://kafkadesk.org/2020/04/22/president-zuzana-caputova-most-trusted-politician-in-slovakia/|website=Kafkadesk|date=22 April 2020|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104030935/https://kafkadesk.org/2020/04/22/president-zuzana-caputova-most-trusted-politician-in-slovakia/|url-status=live}} and 2021,{{Cite web|title=President Caputova most trusted politician in Slovakia, poll shows|url=https://kafkadesk.org/2021/04/21/president-caputova-most-trusted-politician-in-slovakia-poll-shows/|website=Kafkadesk|date=21 April 2021|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104030937/https://kafkadesk.org/2021/04/21/president-caputova-most-trusted-politician-in-slovakia-poll-shows/|url-status=live}} with 83% and 58% of citizens polled saying they saw her as trustworthy, respectively. A December 2019 poll in the neighboring Czech Republic showed that she had a higher approval rating there (54% approval, 18% disapproval) than incumbent President Miloš Zeman (46% approval, 50% disapproval).{{Cite web|title=Slovakia's Caputova is Czech Republic's most trusted politician|url=https://kafkadesk.org/2019/12/30/slovakias-caputova-is-czech-republics-most-trusted-politician/|website=Kafkadesk|date=30 December 2019|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104030933/https://kafkadesk.org/2019/12/30/slovakias-caputova-is-czech-republics-most-trusted-politician/|url-status=live}}

A poll in late May 2022 reported that 15% of voters would "certainly" vote for her, with additional 34% considering a vote for her in the 2024 Slovak presidential election.{{Cite web|title=Focus: Čaputovú by po troch rokoch v úrade určite volilo 15 percent ľudí, ďalších 31 percent by to zvažovalo|url=https://dennikn.sk/2900030/focus-caputovu-by-po-troch-rokoch-v-urade-urcite-volilo-15-percent-ludi-dalsich-31-percent-by-to-zvazovalo/|website=Denník N|date=28 July 2022|access-date=20 December 2022|language=sk|archive-date=20 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220211241/https://dennikn.sk/2900030/focus-caputovu-by-po-troch-rokoch-v-urade-urcite-volilo-15-percent-ludi-dalsich-31-percent-by-to-zvazovalo/|url-status=live}} In 2023, Čaputová was mentioned as a possible candidate to replace NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg following his expected retirement that same year.{{Cite news|first=Lily|last=Bayer|title=NATO's new secretary-general, same as the old one?|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-stoltenberg-new-nato-secretary-general-same-old-europe-ukraine/|website=Politico Europe|date=30 January 2023|access-date=11 April 2023|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408005223/https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-stoltenberg-new-nato-secretary-general-same-old-europe-ukraine/|url-status=live}} On 20 June 2023, Čaputová announced that she would not run for re-election, citing the stress created by four major crises during her term: the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, and soaring inflation.{{Cite web|title=Slovakia's first female president won't seek reelection next year|url=https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-president-caputova-presidential-election-a0e4b6b941843d72d3b057faf5542b75|work=Associated Press|date=20 June 2023|access-date=20 June 2023|archive-date=20 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620214536/https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-president-caputova-presidential-election-a0e4b6b941843d72d3b057faf5542b75|url-status=live}} Her decision was commented on by Czech President Petr Pavel with regret and her predecessor Andrej Kiska with sadness. Similar positions were expressed by centre-right and former coalition parties. Opposition headed by SMER-SSD, HLAS-SD, and SNS welcomed her decision.{{Cite web|title=Reakcie na rozhodnutie prezidentky / Pavel vyjadril Čaputovej uznanie, Kiska cíti smútok a Smer ju kritizuje|url=https://www.postoj.sk/132724/dnes-treba-vediet|access-date=29 June 2023|website=Postoj.sk|language=sk|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629081249/https://www.postoj.sk/132724/dnes-treba-vediet|url-status=live}}

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On her campaign website, Čaputová says that "justice in Slovakia does not always apply equally to everyone". In keeping with her statements during the campaign, she plans to introduce changes to Slovakia's police and judicial system. She campaigned for the police force to be an independent institution without political influence, headed by an impartial professional with proven service. She further claims that it is necessary to transform the prosecutor's office into a publicly managed institution.{{cite web |url=https://www.zuzanacaputova.sk/program/ |title=Volebný program |website=zuzanacaputova.sk |access-date=25 March 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512004056/https://www.zuzanacaputova.sk/program/ |url-status=dead}}

Čaputová is an environmental campaigner who has been compared to American activist Erin Brockovich.{{Cite web |url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/04/01/slovakian-president-elect-green-campaigner-will-fight-coal-subsidies/ |title=Slovakian president-elect is a green campaigner who will fight coal subsidies |date=1 April 2019 |website=Climate Home News |language=en |access-date=4 November 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130150314/https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/04/01/slovakian-president-elect-green-campaigner-will-fight-coal-subsidies/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://theecologist.org/2019/apr/04/slovakian-president-elect-fight-coal-subsidies |title=Slovakian president-elect to fight coal subsidies |website=The Ecologist |date=4 April 2019 |language=en |access-date=4 November 2019}} Climate change mitigation is one of her highest priorities, and for that reason she is ending subsidies for coal and other fossil fuels. Čaputová has promised to phase out coal mining and power generation by 2023, and brought her nation into the Powering Past Coal Alliance.{{Cite web|title=Germany and Slovakia head list of new members at UN Climate Action Summit {{!}} Powering Past Coal Alliance|url=https://poweringpastcoal.org/news/PPCA-news/new-alliance-members-un-climate-action-summit|website=Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)|access-date=4 November 2019|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213231855/https://poweringpastcoal.org/news/PPCA-news/new-alliance-members-un-climate-action-summit|url-status=live}} Čaputová holds that environmental protection should include stopping illegal deforestation and that 5% of the most environmentally valuable territory should remain as a strictly protected zone.

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Čaputová has stated that she supports registered partnerships for same-sex couples, and educating the general public on these relationships. In a discussion organized by Sme, she lectured on the possibility of adoption by gay couples: "I prefer the child to have a biological mother and a biological father. If he were to grow up in institutional care, I think he'd be better off with two loving beings, even if they were of the same sex."{{Cite web|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/22045481/prezidentske-volby-2019-diskusia-caputova-vs-mistrik.html|title=Čaputová sa nevzdá v prospech Mistríka len preto, ak by mal vyššie preferencie|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|language=sk|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131150/https://domov.sme.sk/c/22045481/prezidentske-volby-2019-diskusia-caputova-vs-mistrik.html|url-status=live}}

Čaputová supports maintaining the status quo regarding abortion and reproductive rights, saying: "If there is an extreme situation and the dilemma is between deciding whether to adopt a legal norm that will intrude upon the personal lives of citizens or leave it to women's responsibility and their personal choice, I choose the responsibility of a woman."{{cite web|url=https://dennikn.sk/blog/1384515/zuzana-caputova-pre-krestana-nepripustny-kandidat-analyza/|title=Zuzana Čaputová – pre kresťana neprípustný kandidát? Analýza.|website=Denník N|access-date=25 March 2019|date=17 February 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330120932/https://dennikn.sk/blog/1384515/zuzana-caputova-pre-krestana-nepripustny-kandidat-analyza/|url-status=live}}

Čaputová is divorced and has two daughters.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/world/europe/slovakia-election-president.html |title=Zuzana Caputova Is Elected Slovakia's First Female President |last1=Santora |first1=Marc |date=30 March 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=31 March 2019 |last2=Germanova |first2=Miroslava |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=3 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303071348/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/world/europe/slovakia-election-president.html |url-status=live }} She practices Zen yoga.{{Cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/28/can-zuzana-caputova-save-slovakia-smer-kocner-kuciak-sefcovic/ |title=Can Zuzana Caputova Save Slovakia? |last=Kalan |first=Dariusz |date=28 March 2019 |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401044705/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/28/can-zuzana-caputova-save-slovakia-smer-kocner-kuciak-sefcovic/ |url-status=live }} Čaputová continued to reside in Pezinok during her presidency.

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For her strong and resolute leadership regarding the Pezinok landfill affair, Čaputová was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/zuzana-caputova/ |title=Zuzana Čaputová |website=Goldman Environmental Foundation |language=en-US |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404060423/https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/zuzana-caputova/ |url-status=live }} Laureates of this prize are selected by an international jury and experts from around the world who have distinguished themselves for having a lasting and significant impact on environmental protection. The Goldman award was delivered to Čaputová in San Francisco. Her long and eventually triumphant struggle has been compared to that of the American Erin Brockovich. The text of the prize states that she was awarded for her "relentless campaigning against the opening of a landfill in the town of Pezinok, which, if opened, would further aggravate potential health hazards and would contribute to urban pollution".{{cite web |url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/330859/nobelovku-za-zivotne-prostredie-dostala-slovenka-za-skladku-v-pezinku/ |title="Nobelovku" za životné prostredie dostala Slovenka. Za skládku v Pezinku |website=Aktuality.sk |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=25 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223531/https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/330859/nobelovku-za-zivotne-prostredie-dostala-slovenka-za-skladku-v-pezinku/ |url-status=live }} In recognition of her efforts for the European democracy, Čaputová was awarded the European Prize for Political Culture in August 2019.{{cite web |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/slovak-president-awarded-european-prize-for-political-culture/ |title=Slovak president awarded European Prize for Political Culture |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=12 August 2019 |publisher=Emerging Europe |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812185450/https://emerging-europe.com/news/slovak-president-awarded-european-prize-for-political-culture/ |url-status=live }}

In 2023, she was ranked 84th in Forbes' list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The World's Most Powerful Women 2023 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/power-women/ |access-date= |website=Forbes |language=en}} Čaputová was also recognized as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily.{{Cite news|title=100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on Social Media in 2023: Part 7|url=https://oncodaily.com/positive/13927.html|website=Onco Daily|date=7 October 2023|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=2 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102075302/https://oncodaily.com/positive/13927.html|url-status=live}}

• {{flag|Slovakia}}: Order of Andrej Hlinka{{cite news | title=Pellegrini už má vyznamenania. Stratil by ich len v prípade odsúdenia |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/23344644/pellegrini-uz-ma-vyznamenania-stratil-by-ich-len-v-pripade-odsudenia.html |website=Sme |date=June 15, 2024 |publisher=Petit Press |access-date=June 15, 2024}}
• {{flag|Slovakia}}: Order of Ľudovít Štúr
• {{flag|Slovakia}}: Milan Rastislav Štefánik Cross
• {{flag|Slovakia}}: Pribina Cross

• {{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (6 September 2022)
• {{flag|Netherlands}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (7 March 2023){{Cite news|title=Holandský kráľovský pár pricestoval na návštevu Slovenska|url=https://www.prezident.sk/article/holandsky-kralovsky-par-pricestoval-na-navstevu-slovenska//|website=President of Slovakia|date=7 March 2023|language=sk|access-date=12 March 2023|archive-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311172829/https://www.prezident.sk/article/holandsky-kralovsky-par-pricestoval-na-navstevu-slovenska/|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Ukraine}}: Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (9 March 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Čaputová v Kyjeve: Dostala najvyššie štátne vyznamenanie, Zelenského označila za priateľa |url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/svet/clanok/709489-prezidentka-caputova-pricestovala-do-kyjeva-na-rozluckovu-navstevu-ukrajiny/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk}}
• {{flag|Poland}}: Recipient of the Order of the White Eagle (16 April 2024){{cite news |title=Čaputová sa poďakovala Dudovi za spoluprácu. Dostala vyznamenanie |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/23317193/caputova-sa-podakovala-dudovi-za-spolupracu-dostala-vyznamenanie.html |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=domov.sme.sk |agency=TASR |publisher=Petit Press |date=16 April 2024 |language=sk}}
• {{flag|Austria}}: Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (29 May 2024)
• {{flag|Czech Republic}}: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Lion (12 June 2024){{Cite web |last=Harzer|first=Filip|date=2024-06-12 |title=Obrazem: Nejvyšší řád pro Čaputovou. S Prahou se loučila "hořkosladce"|url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domaci-politika-obrazem-naposledy-jako-prezidentka-caputova-se-louci-v-praze-253806|access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Seznam Zprávy|language=cs}}

File:Shinzo Abe and Zuzana Čaputová at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg|Čaputová with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, 2019

File:Wizyta Prezydent Republiki Słowacji (48290026111).jpg|Čaputová with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in Warsaw on 15 July 2019

File:Зустріч Президента України з Президентом Словацької Республіки у Києві 34.jpg|Čaputová with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv on 31 May 2022

File:Jill Biden met with Zuzana Čaputová at the Grassalkovich Palace in 2022 (1).jpg|Čaputová with the first lady of the United States Jill Biden in the Grassalkovich Palace, 2022

File:P20230222AS-0625 (52735381715).jpg|Čaputová with U.S. President Joe Biden, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Bucharest Nine summit in Warsaw, 2023

File:Family photo of the 2023 Vilnius Summit.jpg|Family photo of the NATO Summit in Vilnius with Zuzana Čaputová, 2023

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