FILE PHOTO: Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom speaks during a news conference after meeting with her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, in Stockholm, Sweden August 20, 2019. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson via REUTERS
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who spearheaded the country's feminist foreign policy when she took office in 2014, said on Friday she would resign from her post to spend more time with her family.
Wallstrom, a Social Democrat stalwart who has been a United Nations Special Representative dealing with sexual violence in conflicts and served two stints as a European Union commissioner, has been an unapologetic champion of human rights. She has also angered both Israel and Saudi Arabia during her time in office.
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