MADRID, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Maria Luisa Carcedo has been named as Spanish health minister after Carmen Monton on Tuesday resigned from the post after allegations of plagiarism, the Spanish media reported.
Spanish TV network "La Sexta" revealed shortly before Monton's resignation at around 9 p.m. local time that she had copied 19 of the 52 pages of the investigative work she produced as part of the Masters Degree she obtained from the Department of Law at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) between 2010 and 2011.
These revelations followed a series of articles published in the online newspaper "Diario.es" revealing further irregularities in her Master including having her marks for part of the course changes from "not present" to "pass".
Monton's resignation came just hours after Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had publically given her his backing, saying she was "doing a fine job and she is going to continue doing so."
