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Sweden's minister for housing and IT, Mehmet Kaplan, has announced he is stepping down following a week of controversies.
Stefan Löfven told a press conference in Stockholm on Monday that his minister for housing, urban development and information technology would be leaving his position on the government.
"I have received Mehmet Kaplan's resignation request and I have approved it," said the Prime Minister.
"I've come to know Mehmet Kaplan as a man of humanistic and democratic values, but a minister should be able to represent Sweden in an unquestionable way."