PARIS (Reuters) - French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac has resigned his post after being targeted in a tax fraud inquiry, the president's office said on Tuesday.
The announcement - a major embarrassment for President Francois Hollande's government - came hours after French prosecutors opened a formal investigation into allegations that the junior minister held a secret bank account in Switzerland.
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