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Magdalena Andersson re-elected Sweden's PM

30 November 2021
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2021-11-30 10:06

Magdalena Andersson was elected again on Monday as the Nordic nation's head of government. In a 101-173 vote with 75 abstentions, the 349-seat Riksdag elected Andersson as prime minister. She will form a one-party, minority government.

Her Cabinet is expected to be named on Tuesday. last week, Andersson served as Sweden’s first female prime minister for seven hours before stepping down after the Greens left her two-party coalition. Their move followed the rejection of her government’s budget proposal in favor of one presented by opposition parties including the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats, who are rooted in a neo-Nazi movement.

Under the Swedish Constitution, prime ministers can be named and govern as long as a parliamentary majority - a minimum of 175 lawmakers - is not against them.

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