Annette Schavan, 57, is the second minister in Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet to lose a doctorate after being accused of plagiarism. Former defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned from his post in 2011 after it emerged he copied large parts of his doctoral thesis.
Ms Schavan, who denied the allegations, plans to appeal the decision by Duesseldorf's Heinrich Heine University, German news agency DPA reported.
The head of the academic committee that voted 12 to two, with one abstention, to remove Schavan's doctorate said the decision followed a thorough review of her thesis. The plagiarism allegations were first raised last year by an anonymous blogger. » | Wednesday, February 06, 2013
DIE WELT: "Die Entscheidung der Uni werde ich nicht akzeptieren": In Südafrika hat Annette Schavan erstmals öffentlich auf den Entzug ihres Doktortitels reagiert. Die Bildungsministerin kündigt eine juristische Auseinandersetzung mit der Uni Düsseldorf an. » | pu/fas | Mittwoch, 06. Februar 2013
