Sweden’s parliament approves country’s first female prime minister

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday approved Magdalena Andersson as the country’s first female prime minister&comma; promoting the finance minister who recently became the new leader of the Social Democratic party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andersson was selected to replace Stefan Lofven as party leader and prime minister&comma; roles he relinquished earlier this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The development marked a milestone for Sweden&comma; viewed for decades as one of Europe’s most progressive countries when it comes to gender relations&comma; but which had yet to have a woman in the top political post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lofven’s government describes itself as feminist&comma; putting equality between women and men at the heart of national and international work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a speech to parliament&comma; Amineh Kakabaveh&comma; an independent lawmaker who supported Andersson&comma; noted that Sweden is currently celebrating the 100th anniversary of a decision to introduce universal and equal suffrage in the Scandinavian country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If women are only allowed to vote but are never elected to the highest office&comma; democracy is not complete&comma;” said Kakabaveh who is of Iranian Kurdish descent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is something symbolic in this decision&comma;” she added&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Feminism is always about girls and women being complete people who have the same opportunities as men and boys&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was really moved by what she said&period; She pinpointed exactly what I thought&comma;” Andersson said after her appointment in parliament where she got a standing ovation and a bouquet of red roses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have been elected Sweden’s first female prime minister and know what it means for girls in our country&comma;” Andersson said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the 349-seat Riksdag&comma; 117 lawmakers voted yes to Andersson&comma; 174 rejected her appointment while 57 abstained and one lawmaker was absent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Under the Swedish Constitution&comma; prime ministers can be named and govern as long as a parliamentary majority — a minimum of 175 lawmakers — is not against them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lofven has been leading the Swedish government in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed&comma; something expected on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andersson is likely will form a two-party&comma; minority government with her Social Democrats and the Green Party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andersson&comma; 54&comma; sought to secure the backing of the two smaller parties that supported Sweden’s previous centre-left&comma; minority government led by Lofven — the Left Party and the Centre Party&period; Both abstained from voting against Andersson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After days of talks&comma; Andersson and the Left Party reached a deal to win the latter’s support&period; The deal focused on pensions&comma; meaning a supplement of up to 1&comma;000 kronor &lpar;&dollar;111&rpar; for about 700&comma;000 pensioners on low incomes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sweden’s next general election is scheduled for September 11&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e33e4579">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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