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Monday, 23 August 2021 (YJC)_ About a month and a half after his re-election, the Swedish Prime Minister announced that he would step down in November.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced his resignation about a month and a half after his re-election in November, according to Tages-Anzeiger. He announced this news yesterday and stated that he is resigning from the presidency of the Social Democratic Party.
He announced his resignation as the reason for the upcoming parliamentary elections in September 2022 and stressed that with this resignation, he wants to provide better preparation for the elections for his successor.
He emphasized: "I declare to the Executive Committee of the Party (Social Democrats) and the Chairman of the Electoral Committee that I want to leave the post of party chairman in the Party Congress in November and I also intend to resign from the post of Prime Minister."
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