Sweden’s first female prime minister resigned 7 hours after being elected and was re-elected 5 days later
(Combined report from Stockholm, 29th) The Swedish Parliament held a vote again on Monday, and Sweden’s first female Prime Minister Andersson was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Sweden. Last week, she resigned seven hours after being elected.
The Swedish Parliament re-elected Andersson as Prime Minister of Sweden with 101 votes in favor, 173 votes against, and 75 abstentions.
According to the Swedish Constitution, as long as the parliamentary majority (at least 175 votes) does not object, a candidate can be appointed as prime minister and govern. Andersson will form a one-party government, governed by her Social Democratic Party alone.
Andersson announced his resignation only 7 hours after being voted by Parliament to become Sweden’s first female prime minister last Wednesday. On the same day, the budget proposed by the Swedish government was lost to the budget proposed by the opposition party by one vote. The Green Party, one of the ruling coalitions, subsequently announced its withdrawal from the coalition government. Andersson later stated that he resigned in accordance with the usual practice. The main reason given was “unwilling to lead a government whose legitimacy may be questioned.” But she also said that she hopes to try to be re-elected as prime minister as the leader of a one-party government.
In the Swedish parliamentary elections held in 2018, the center-left camp composed of the Social Democratic Party, the Environmental Party, and the Left Party won the election, and the Social Democratic Party and the Environmental Party subsequently formed a minority coalition government. In November of this year, Swedish Prime Minister Leven resigned as the leader of the Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister. Then Finance Minister Andersson became the new leader of the Social Democratic Party and was nominated as the new prime minister candidate.
Sweden will hold general elections in September 2022.