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Andersson then assumed the office of Prime Minister on 30 November 2021 as Sweden's first female prime minister. [4] After her coalition lost its majority in the 2022 Swedish general election, Andersson announced her intention to resign as prime minister. [5] She was succeeded by Ulf Kristersson on 18 October the same year. [6] [7] [8]
(Bloomberg) -- Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson conceded defeat and announced she will resign as surge in support for a nationalist party helped the right-wing opposition win one of the ...
Speaker Norlén proposed Andersson to form a government, and after securing a deal with V, Andersson was elected as prime minister on 24 November. [27] [28] MP pulled out of confidence and supply for her government, which led to Andersson's resignation seven hours after her election as prime minister.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021, leaving his government in place as a caretaker cabinet until a new Prime Minister is elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson, the newly-elected head of the Social Democratic party offering to lead a ...
[65] [66] Andersson was elected as the new Prime Minister of Sweden by the Riksdag on 24 November 2021 [67] and was set to take office on 26 November. [68] [69] Because of Andersson's resignation a few hours later, Löfven continued as prime minister of the caretaker government until Andersson took office on 30 November 2021. [70] [71]
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is re-elected in the Riksdag on 7 July 2021. A government crisis began on 21 June 2021 in Sweden after the Riksdag ousted Prime Minister Stefan Löfven with a no-confidence vote. [1] [2] This was the first time in Swedish history a Prime Minister was ousted by a no-confidence vote.
The prime minister of Sweden (Swedish: statsminister literally translates as "minister of state") is the head of government of the Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to the Parliament of Sweden .
According to the constitution, the Prime Minister was given a week to either resign or call a snap election. On 28 June 2021, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven asked the Speaker of the Riksdag Andreas Norlén to be dismissed as Prime Minister, which led to the government being considered to have resigned and thus became a caretaker government. [5]