Swedish Green junior coalition party replaces leader after turmoil


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  • Saturday, 14 May 2016

The election committee joint head of party nominees Gustav Fridolin and Isabella Lovin (R) speak during a presser at the Green Party headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden May 9, 2016. TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Greens, the junior party in the ruling coalition, picked Isabella Lovin as new joint leader on Friday, replacing Deputy Prime Minister Asa Romson who stepped down last week.

The Green Party's annual congress voted for Lovin, the Minister for International Development, and re-elected Education Minister Gustav Fridolin to jointly head the party.

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