STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will appoint Maria Malmer Stenergard as its new foreign minister, replacing Tobias Billstrom who announced on Sept. 4 that he would step down, Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
Stenergard, 43, is a member of the ruling conservative Moderate Party and comes from the job of migration minister.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is due to announce a new foreign minister later on Tuesday.
The prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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