The decision was made at the union's congress on Sunday, in conflict with the nomination committee's proposal for the position of specialist nurse Emma Klingvall.
Many members and elected officials have contacted me and think I am needed in a leadership position, Godau told the newspaper at the end of March, when she announced that she was running in the election even though she was not the nomination committee's nominee.
Godau has a background as a biomedical analyst.
