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Denmark'€™s FM resigns in poor health

Denmark’s foreign minister says he is resigning after doctors uncovered a blood clot in his heart

The Jakarta Post
Denmark
Thu, December 12, 2013

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Denmark'€™s FM resigns in poor health

Denmark'€™s foreign minister says he is resigning after doctors uncovered a blood clot in his heart.

Villy Soevndal has been on sick leave since a brief hospitalization in October. The 61-year-old politician says doctors have now told him he is unfit to continue his political career.

Soevndal is the former leader of the Socialist People'€™s Party, a junior partner in the government coalition. He is largely credited for getting the leftist group in the government in 2011 '€” the first time that had happened since the party was established in 1959.

Wednesday'€™s announcement came a day after Denmark'€™s justice minister resigned after coming under fire for lying to Parliament

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