The chairman of the nomination committee, Lars Persson Skandevall, is now presenting Mohamsson at a press conference in the Riksdag.
She is cut and tailored for the role as party leader, he says.
Simona is fearless, clear and well anchored in the liberal movement. We are completely convinced that she is the right person, he says.
She takes over in a tough situation. In several opinion polls, the party is around 2 percent, a good bit below the threshold to get into the Riksdag.
In the job to keep the place in the Riksdag, she will put school policy first.
My goal is for The Liberals to become a party with ground contact, she says.
Simona Mohamsson has made a rocket career in The Liberals. She took over as party secretary as recently as in April, when several heavy liberals suddenly jumped off. Otherwise, she has little experience from national politics. On the merit list, she is vice chairman of the youth association LUF and chairman of the social committee on Hisingen in Gothenburg, a good bit below the threshold to get into the Riksdag.
Simona Mohamsson will be formally elected at The Liberals' extra summoned national meeting on June 24.
Simona Mohamsson was elected as The Liberals' party secretary earlier this year and has previously been vice chairman of the Liberal Youth Association, chairman of the social committee on Hisingen in Gothenburg and member of The Liberals' party board.
She is 30 years old, born in Hamburg, Germany and moved to Överlida in Svenljunga municipality when she was seven years old. Mohamsson has a degree in public administration, leadership and digitalization from the University of Gothenburg and came out with the book Hongkong RIP in 2021, which depicts the democracy struggle in Hong Kong.
She has described herself as a "classic liberal" but with social liberal features, speaks four languages and has, as party secretary, worked with The Liberals' renewal project "Selma".
Her father is a Palestinian and her mother is a Lebanese, and the family changed their name from Mohammed to Mohamsson after moving to Sweden.
