Sweden elects first female prime minister days after quitting
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 Published On Nov 29, 2021

Sweden's parliament has elected its first female prime minister - Magdalena Andersson - for the second time in a week.

Ms Andersson was elected last week but resigned after just seven hours in the role because of a budget defeat which lead her coalition partner to quit.

Ms Andersson won the vote 173 to 101 with 75 abstentions.

She will form a one-party, minority government.

The 54-year-old will formally be installed after an audience with Sweden's monarch, King Carl the 16th Gustav.

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