- Title: Spain's health minister resigns over controversial master's degree
- Date: 11th September 2018
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (FILE - JUNE 8, 2018) (REUTERS) CARMEN MONTON ARRIVES TO PARTICIPATE IN HER FIRST CABINET MEETING AS HEALTH MINISTER MONTON POSING FOR MEDIA AT THE STEPS OF MONCLOA PALACE, POSING FOR MEDIA, WAVING AND ENTERING THE BUILDING
- Embargoed: 25th September 2018 20:33
- Keywords: Spain's Health Minister Carmen Monton resigns master scandal
- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- City: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0018X6NUIV
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- Story Text: Spanish Health Minister Carmen Monton resigned from her position on Tuesday (September 11) after reports of irregularities in how she obtained a master's degree from a Madrid university.
Monton, who entered government with the Socialist party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in June, said she had not committed any irregularities.
This is the second time a minister has handed Sanchez their resignation since he took power after toppling his predecessor through a confidence vote over a long-running corruption scandal. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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