{"id":1054497,"date":"2021-11-25T09:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054497"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:59:07","slug":"sweden-voted-in-its-first-female-prime-minister-she-resigned-hours-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweden-voted-in-its-first-female-prime-minister-she-resigned-hours-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden Voted In Its First Female Prime Minister. She Resigned Hours Later."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsweden-voted-in-its-first-female-prime-minister-she-resigned-hours-later%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054497&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Magdalena Andersson made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in as Sweden\u2019s first female Prime Minister. Just hours later, she resigned.<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2021\/11\/24\/europe\/sweden-first-female-prime-minister-intl\/index.html\">reported<\/a> that Andersson wasn\u2019t even fully in office because she \u201chad not yet had counsel with the King.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andersson reportedly resigned because lawmakers chose her opposition\u2019s budget bill over her party\u2019s. Andersson\u2019s Social Democrats party will remain as \u201can interim government until a new government is in place,\u201d said Sweden\u2019s Green Party, who formed a coalition with Andersson\u2019s party.<\/p>\n<p>Reuter\u2019s reported that Andersson told Sweden\u2019s speaker of Parliament that she hoped a \u201csingle-party, Social Democrat government\u201d would reappoint her as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits,\u201d Andersson said Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t want to lead a government whose legitimacy will be questioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have told the speaker that I wish to resign,\u201d Andersson told reporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59400539\">according to BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet added that Andersson \u201cresigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right,\u201d the BBC added.<\/p>\n<p>More from CNN:<\/p>\n<p><em>She replaced&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/28\/europe\/sweden-stefan-lofven-resignation-intl\/index.html\">Stefan L\u00f6fven<\/a>, who recently stepped down as both the country\u2019s premier and as leader of the Social Democrats party.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All the other Nordic countries \u2014 Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland \u2014 have previously elected female national leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As Prime Minister, Andersson was preceded by 33 men. She previously worked as deputy director general of the Swedish Tax Agency, according to her CV on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.se\/government-of-sweden\/ministry-of-finance\/magdalena-andersson\/cv-magdalena-andersson\/\">Swedish government website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She holds a master\u2019s degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and has served as Sweden\u2019s finance minister since 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She is also the second woman to head up the center-left Social Democrats party, according to Sweden\u2019s Twitter account.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Andersson\u2019s appointment as Sweden\u2019s first female prime minister, only to resign hours later over a budget defeat, is especially ironic given Sweden\u2019s long boasting of having the \u201cfirst feminist government in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under Swedish law, Andersson only needed a majority of members of parliament to become prime minister. Of the 349 members, 174 voted against her and just 117 voted for her, but since 57 abstained, she was able to win in an 11th-hour deal with the communist Left Party.<\/p>\n<p>As the BBC reported, despite Sweden\u2019s boasting of a feminist government, it was the only Nordic state to never have a female prime minister until Andersson.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-11-25\/after-shock-resignation-of-sweden-s-prime-minister-what-s-next?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=bd&amp;cmpId=google\">reported<\/a> on what happens next for Sweden\u2019s government, writing that Andersson would \u201clikely be re-appointed next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resignation was a necessary formality after the Greens pulled out. The parliamentary speaker will call a new vote on her candidacy after consulting with leaders of the eight parties in parliament. The Greens and two other parties have indicated they will abstain, but not oppose her. That means it is likely that she will be re-appointed, although not exactly with much support,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magdalena Andersson made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in as Sweden\u2019s first female Prime Minister. Just hours later, she resigned.CNN reported that Andersson wasn\u2019t even fully in office because she \u201chad not yet had counsel with the King.\u201dAndersson reportedly resigned because lawmakers chose her opposition\u2019s budget bill over her party\u2019s. Andersson\u2019s Social Democrats party will remain as \u201can interim government until a new government is in place,\u201d said Sweden\u2019s Green Party, who formed a coalition with Andersson\u2019s party.Reuter\u2019s reported that Andersson told Sweden\u2019s speaker of Parliament that she hoped a \u201csingle-party, Social Democrat government\u201d would reappoint her as prime minister.\u201cThere is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits,\u201d Andersson said Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t want to lead a government whose legitimacy will be questioned.\u201cI have told the speaker that I wish to resign,\u201d Andersson told reporters, according to BBC News.The outlet added that Andersson \u201cresigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass.\u201d\u201cInstead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by the opposition which includes the anti-immigrant far right,\u201d the BBC added.More from CNN:She replaced\u00a0Stefan L\u00f6fven, who recently stepped down as both the country\u2019s premier and as leader of the Social Democrats party.All the other Nordic countries \u2014 Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland \u2014 have previously elected female national leaders.As Prime Minister, Andersson was preceded by 33 men. She previously worked as deputy director general of the Swedish Tax Agency, according to her CV on the\u00a0Swedish government website.She holds a master\u2019s degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and has served as Sweden\u2019s finance minister since 2014.She is also the second woman to head up the center-left Social Democrats party, according to Sweden\u2019s Twitter account.Andersson\u2019s appointment as Sweden\u2019s first female prime minister, only to resign hours later over a budget defeat, is especially ironic given Sweden\u2019s long boasting of having the \u201cfirst feminist government in the world.\u201dUnder Swedish law, Andersson only needed a majority of members of parliament to become prime minister. Of the 349 members, 174 voted against her and just 117 voted for her, but since 57 abstained, she was able to win in an 11th-hour deal with the communist Left Party.As the BBC reported, despite Sweden\u2019s boasting of a feminist government, it was the only Nordic state to never have a female prime minister until Andersson.Bloomberg reported on what happens next for Sweden\u2019s government, writing that Andersson would \u201clikely be re-appointed next week.\u201d\u201cThe resignation was a necessary formality after the Greens pulled out. The parliamentary speaker will call a new vote on her candidacy after consulting with leaders of the eight parties in parliament. The Greens and two other parties have indicated they will abstain, but not oppose her. That means it is likely that she will be re-appointed, although not exactly with much support,\u201d the outlet reported.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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