Romanian minister resigns over claims he faked education credentials

Florin Roman, the minister for innovation and digitalization, resigned after being on his post for less than a month

Romania's minister of innovation and digitalization has resigned after an investigation by journalists who reported they found significant irregularities on his resume and evidence he plagiarized from an academic paper.

Florin Roman, who had served in Romania's new coalition government for less than a month, quit his post after Romania's Libertatea newspaper published a third article calling his claimed educational credentials into question.