Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned just seven hours after being elected.
The move comes following the decision of the Green Party to leave the minority coalition government with Andersson’s Social Democrats, following a budget defeat in parliament.
She had been newly elected and was the prime minister of the country for about 7 hours. Andersson told a news conference, “I have asked the speaker to be relieved of my duties as prime minister.”
“I am ready to be prime minister in a single-party, Social Democrat government,” she added.
The speaker will now start a new round of talks with party leaders, which could end up with Andersson once again facing a parliamentary vote, but this time for a purely Social Democratic minority government.
Andersson was able to clinch a last-minute deal that gave her victory by the slimmest of possible margins.
The 54-year-old was previously the country’s finance minister since 2014.
(With inputs from agencies)
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