Andersson Cabinet

Magdalena Andersson cabinet
56th Cabinet of Sweden
incumbent
Cabinet ministers outside Stockholm Palace, 30 November 2021
Date formed	30 November 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Carl XVI Gustaf
Head of government	Magdalena Andersson
Deputy head of government	Morgan Johansson
No. of ministers	23
Member party	Social Democrats
Status in legislature	Centre-left single-party minority government with passive support from Centre Party, Left Party, Green Party and independent member of parliament Amineh Kakabaveh
Opposition party	Moderate Party Sweden Democrats Christian Democrats Liberals
Opposition leader	Ulf Kristersson
History
Election(s)	2018 election
Predecessor	Löfven III Cabinet

The Andersson cabinet (Swedish: regeringen Andersson) is the present Government of Sweden, following the resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the hasty election of Magdalena Andersson as his successor. It was expected to be a coalition, consisting of two parties: the Social Democrats and the Green Party. However, in a late turn of events after the confirmation vote, the Green Party left the government cooperation due to the government's budget proposal failing in the Riksdag. The cabinet were originally planned to be installed on 26 November 2021, during a formal government meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf, but due to a precedent regarding changes in a government's composition, Andersson decided to resign. This happened just seven hours after the vote in the Riksdag. The Speaker then set Andersson up for a new confirmation vote. This was to make sure she still had the Riksdag's approval.^[1] This vote was held on Monday 29 November 2021.

Andersson governs with a minority single-party government. When Andersson's cabinet took office on 30 November 2021, it became the smallest Swedish government since 1979, relying on only 100 of 349 parliament members (28,65%).

Formation[]

Social Democratic-Green coalition[]

In the Riksdag, as long as the Speaker's proposal for a new prime minister is not opposed by half of its members, the proposal is carried.^[2]

The Riksdag initially elected Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson as Prime Minister on 24 November 2021, with only a slim minority voting against her (174 'no' votes out of the 349-strong Riksdag). This made her the first female prime minister in Swedish history. One member of the Riksdag from the Left Party was absent during the vote.

Departure of the Green Party[]

After Andersson's budget proposal was defeated hours later on 24 November by a counter proposal from the Moderate Party, Sweden Democrats and Christian Democrats,^[3] the Green Party decided to leave the government. However, the Greens were willing to support a one-party Social Democratic minority government.^[4]

According to precedent, a new confidence vote must be held in the Riksdag whenever the composition of a government is changed.^[5] Since Andersson was elected by parliament with the promise of retaining the Social Democratic-Green coalition she had no choice but to resign only seven hours after being approved. This resignation allowed a new investiture vote to happen in parliament on 29 November when Andersson was approved again with a slim minority voting against her (173 'no' votes out of the 349-strong Riksdag). This is one 'no'-vote less than the vote on 24 November. Member of Parliament Nina Lundström from the Liberals decided to rebel against her party and thus not vote 'no' but abstain instead to Andersson becoming prime minister saying that electing her is the only way to keep the Sweden Democrats from power.^[6]

Ministers[]

The following are the cabinet members:^[7]

Confidence votes[]

The second confirmation vote was held on 29 November 2021.

Policy[]

A specific policy manifesto were presented when Andersson held her declaration of government (regeringsförklaring) 30 November 2021.

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