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Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden's parliament as the country's first ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats.
Sweden is the only Nordic country never to have elected a woman as national leader before.
Ms Andersson, who's currently finance minister, did not win Wednesday's vote.
However, she was elected because under Swedish law she only needed a majority of MPs not to vote against her.
A hundred years after Swedish women were given the vote, the 54-year-old Social Democrat leader was given a standing ovation by sections of the parliament, or Riksdag.
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https://www.business-standard.com/artic ... 035_1.htmlSeptember 15, 2022 08:24 IST
Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced her resignation on Wednesday after losing the election.
Andersson, also leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party, conceded defeat at a press conference following the election on Sunday.
She said she would hand in her resignation notice on Thursday after it emerged that the opposition blue bloc consisting of the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Sweden Democrats, had won 176 of the 349 seats in parliament.
Meanwhile Andersson's red bloc, consisting of her Social Democratic Party, the Left Party, the Green Party, and the Centre Party, won 173 seats, Xinhua news agency reported.
"Tomorrow I will, therefore, request my dismissal as Prime Minister, and the responsibility for the continued process will pass to the Speaker and the Parliament," she said.
Not even a year in and she resigns due to the right-wingers winning.
