Spain’s health minister resigns over controversial master’s degree

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Spanish Health Minister Carmen Monton resigned from her position 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.