Hungarian parliament elects Tamas Sulyok as new head of state. Katalin Novak resigned two weeks ago due to a scandal arising from the granting of a pardon to a man convicted of pedophilia.
The jurist was immediately sworn in and will take office on March 5th. The Hungarian Parliament has elected a new President of the Republic to replace KatalinNovak, who resigned two. weeks ago because of a scandal over the pardon of a convicted pedophilia man. The 67 years old, president of the Constitutional Court since 2016, was chosen.