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Sweden’s Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson delivers a speech after being elected as party leader of the Social Democratic Party at the party’s congress, in Gothenburg, Sweden, on November 4, 2021. — Picture by REUTERS

Sweden gets first woman Prime Minister

STOCKHOLM, Nov 24 — Swedish parliament elected on Wednesday Magdalena Andersson as the country’s new Prime Minister, the first female PM in Swedish history, reported Xinhua.

Andersson is scheduled to take office after a meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf on Friday, giving her less than ten months to prepare for Sweden’s 2022 general elections.

— Bernama

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