a cabinet minister when he got the position of Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports in the Löfven cabinet. Ellinor Eriksson, who served as secretary general, then became acting president of SSU. In August 2015 SSU held its 38th national congress in Västerås. The congress elected Philip Botström as the new president of SSU and Andrea Törnestam as secretary general. The new leadership is elected on a two-year mandate. Botström and Törnestam were elected two more times at the 39th national congress in Älvsjö and 40th national congress in Karlstad. 2020s In January 2021 Philp Botström announced that he was stepping down as president at the next national congress. In July candidates started appearing for the leadership. Two people, Lisa Nåbo and Amalia Rud Pedersen ran for the position of president. Diyar Cicek and Isak Öhrlund ran for the position of secretary general. During the 41st national congress (and the first digital national congress) Lisa Nåbo defeated Amalia Rud Pedersen, who was the Nomination Committee's proposal, with two votes, winning by 114-112. Diyar Cicek was elected secretary general. The election process of the new leadership has been described as the most open in the whole of SSUs history. Presidents Harry Svensson (1917–1919) Bertil Eriksson (1919–1922) Rickard Lindström (1922–1928) Adolf Wallentheim (1928–1934) Torsten Nilsson (1934–1940) Ossian Sehlstedt (1940–1943) Bertil Johansson (1943–1946) Frans Nilsson (1946–1952) Bertil Löfberg (1952–1958) Curt Ward (1958–1961) Ingvar Carlsson (1961–1967) Bosse Ringholm (1967–1972) Lars Engqvist (1972–1978) Jan Nygren (1978–1984) Anna Lindh (1984–1990) Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson (1990–1995) Niklas Nordström (1995–1999) Mikael Damberg (1999–2003) Ardalan Shekarabi (2003–2005) Anna Sjödin (2005–2006) Mattias Vepsä (provisional, 2006–2007) Jytte Guteland (2007–2011) Gabriel Wikström (2011–2014) Ellinor Eriksson (2014–2015) Philip Botström (2015–2021) Lisa Nåbo (2021–) Secretaries Karl Hovberg (1928–1931) Joel Ljungquist (1931–1 April 1935) Folke Thunborg (1 April 1935 – 1940) Bertil Johansson (1940–1943) Hilding Färm (1943–Feb 1948) Essen Lindahl (March 1948 – 1949) Bertil Löfberg (1949–1952) Frans Nilsson (1946–1952) Bertil Löfberg (1952–1958) Oskar Lindkvist (1952–1955) Sture Hollman (1955–1958) Rune Molin (1958–31 July 1962) Sven Hulterström (31 July 1962 – 1964) Thage Pettersson (1964–1967) Bo Toresson (1967–31 July 1969) Ulf Karlsson (21 April 1969 – 1972) Christer Lindström (1972–1975) Håkan Bystedt (1975–1981) Bo Bernhardsson (1981–1984) Leif Linde (1984–1 October 1988) Anders Teljebäck (1 October 1988 – 1990) Lars Ericson (1990–1994) Carin Jämtin (1994–1995) Pernilla Mobeck (1995–1999) Lena Hallengren (1999–21 October 2002) Caroline Waldheim (2002–Aug 2003) Sara Helge-Vikmång (2003–2005) Mattias Vepsä (2005–2011) Ellinor Eriksson (2011–2014) Rozgar Watmani