Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours

Magdalena Andersson quits on day one after the Green party withdraws support for her budget

Sweden’s first female prime minister, the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, has resigned less than 12 hours into the job when her coalition collapsed, plunging the country into further political uncertainty.

Andersson said a decision by the Green party, the junior party in the coalition, to quit had forced her to resign. She added that she had told the speaker of parliament she hoped to be appointed prime minster again as the head of a single-party government.

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