Sweden appoints new foreign minister with focus on supporting Ukraine


Sweden's new foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard walks after the opening of the parliament (Riksdagen) in Stockholm, Sweden, September 10, 2024. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden appointed Maria Malmer Stenergard as foreign minister on Tuesday, choosing the former migration chief to lead policy on Ukraine just six months after her predecessor helped secure traditionally non-aligned Sweden's accession to NATO.

Tobias Billstrom's surprise announcement last week that he was stepping down has led to a broad cabinet reshuffle in which several ministers have been moved.

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