Andersson Magdalena (Magdalena Andersson)

Andersson Magdalena (Magdalena Andersson)

Biography

1996-2014

Magdalena Andersson began her political career in 1996 as an adviser to Prime Minister Joran Persson.

In 2014, she headed the Swedish Ministry of Finance, becoming the first woman in this post.

2021: Appointment as Prime Minister of Sweden

At the end of November 2021, the Swedish Parliament re-approved Magdalena Andersson as Prime Minister. She became the first woman to take this post.

On November 24, 2021, Magdalena Andersson was approved as Prime Minister of Sweden. However, seven hours later she was forced to leave: the government coalition of the Social Democrats and the Green Party, which supported her, fell apart due to a vote on the country's budget for 2022, which meant the automatic resignation of the Cabinet.

A few days later, 101 deputies voted for Andersson's candidacy - the Social Democrats and their partners: the Greens, the left and the centrists. 173 people (liberals, "Moderates," Christian democrats and nationalists from the "Swedish Democrats") voted against. 75 people abstained, however, according to Swedish laws, Andersson's candidacy was approved, since less than half of the members of parliament clearly voted against it.

She led a government consisting of only one Social Democratic party. The official change of power took place on November 30, 2021, when the government of the previous prime minister Stefan Löfven will resign.

Andersson's complicated approval scheme would not have been possible without just one member of parliament - Kurdish Amina Kakabave. A non-partisan deputy during the vote supported the Social Democrat party in exchange for an obligation to deepen cooperation with the Democratic Union Party (PYD). These agreements were reflected in the official document# 0, signed by Kakabawa herself and Tobias Boden, secretary of the Social Democrats party.

Andersson's party pledged to work with the PYD, justifying this by supporting self-government in northeast Syria "in the interests of democracy and respect for human rights." Moreover, the main fighters against IS in the document are the National Self-Defense Units, which, of course, is perceived by Turkish President Erdogan as a slap in the face. Further to the text: "It is unacceptable that freedom fighters who fought or sympathized with the YPG or PYD should be classified by some state actors as terrorists." Such a hint of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which the Swedes, as members of the EU, cannot but recognize as a terrorist organization.

Later, in May 2022, Sweden decided to join NATO, but faced opposition from Turkey, which is well aware of the support of the Kurds by this country. Kakabave fears that Sweden will give in to Erdogan's demands, which will ultimately worsen the situation of the Kurds. She even stated that she refused further cooperation with the Social Democrats due to the party's violation of the agreements concluded.