Löfven I cabinet
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The first cabinet of Stefan Löfven (Swedish: regeringen Löfven I) was the cabinet of Sweden between 2014 and 2018. It was a coalition government, consisting of two parties: the Social Democrats and the Green Party. The cabinet was installed on 3 October 2014, following the 2014 general election. It lost a vote of no confidence following the 2018 election, but remained in office as a caretaker government. Löfven was reelected as Prime Minister in January 2019, thus forming the second cabinet of Stefan Löfven.[1]
Stefan Löfven's first cabinet | |
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53rd Cabinet of Sweden | |
Date formed | 3 October 2014 |
Date dissolved | 21 January 2019 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Head of government | Stefan Löfven |
Deputy head of government | Margot Wallström (acting, 2014–2019) Åsa Romson (honorary title, 2014–2016) Isabella Lövin (honorary title, 2016–2019) |
No. of ministers | 23 |
Ministers removed | 5 |
Member party | Social Democrats Green Party |
Status in legislature | Centre-left coalition minority government with confidence & supply from the Left Party |
Opposition party | Alliance: Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberals, Christian Democrats Sweden Democrats |
History | |
Election(s) | 2014 election |
Predecessor | Reinfeldt cabinet |
Successor | Löfven II cabinet |
With only 37.9% of the popular votes in 2014 and 138 out of 349 seats (39.5%) in the Riksdag (Swedish parliament), the "red-green" coalition began as one of the weakest minority governments in Swedish history and relied on support from other parties in the Riksdag. At the 2018 election it became weaker, gaining only 32.6% of the votes. On 25 September 2018 the Riksdag passed a motion of no confidence in it by 204 votes to 142, and Löfven resigned. However, the speaker then invited him to stay on as acting prime minister of a caretaker government.[2]
2014 was the first time that the Green Party had been part of a government, and the first time in 57 years that the Social Democrats had formed a coalition cabinet. From then on, this was led by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, leader of the Social Democrats. The cabinet consisted of 12 men and 12 women.[3]
The cabinet was installed following a formal government meeting with King Carl XVI Gustaf on 3 October 2014. Stefan Löfven had previously announced his cabinet ministers at 09:00 AM on the same day.[4][5][6][7][8]
In May 2016, Löfven reshuffled his cabinet. In July 2017, three cabinet ministers (Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman, and Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist) were challenged by a vote of confidence by the opposition and a majority in the Riksdag.[9] Löfven subsequently removed Johansson and Ygeman from office, but retained Hultqvist, and the no-confidence motion against Hultqvist collapsed in September 2017 after the Centre Party and Liberals dropped their support for it.[10] The cabinet ruled out cooperation with the Sweden Democrats.