Magdalena Andersson
Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
Eva Magdalena Andersson (born 23 January 1967) is a Swedish politician for the Social Democratic Party.[1]
Magdalena Andersson | |
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.jpg) Andersson in 2022 | |
| Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| In office 30 November 2021 – 18 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Deputy | Morgan Johansson |
| Preceded by | Stefan Löfven |
| Succeeded by | Ulf Kristersson |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 4 November 2021 | |
| Secretary General | Tobias Baudin |
| Preceded by | Stefan Löfven |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Ulf Kristersson |
| Preceded by | Ulf Kristersson |
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 30 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Anders Borg |
| Succeeded by | Mikael Damberg |
| Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee | |
| In office 17 December 2020 – 3 January 2022 | |
| Managing Director | Kristalina Georgieva |
| Preceded by | Lesetja Kganyago |
| Succeeded by | Nadia Calviño |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eva Magdalena Andersson 23 January 1967 Uppsala, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Stockholm School of Economics |
In November 2021, she was appointed First Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, making her the second woman to lead the party. On 24 November 2021, the Swedish Parliament elected her as Prime Minister of Sweden. She assumed office on 30 November 2021.[2] In May 2022, Andersson started the process for Sweden to join NATO.[3]
After her left-wing coalition lost its majority in the 2022 election, Andersson announced her resignation as prime minister.[4] She was replaced by Ulf Kristersson on 18 October.
References
change- ↑ Sweden’s Finance Chief Nominated to Become First Female PM Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ↑ "Sweden votes in Magdalena Andersson as first female PM". BBC News. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
- ↑ "Sweden to join Nato: 'We are leaving one era and entering another"". The Local. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ↑ "Swedish PM resigns as right-wing parties win vote". BBC News. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.