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The president of the Students’ Society of McGill University resigned Thursday, the third prominent member of the council representing the university’s undergraduate student body to resign in just over two weeks.

The SSMU published a brief statement Thursday on its website announcing Ben Ger’s resignation without any explanation beyond “personal reasons.”

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“Due to personal reasons, (Ger) felt that he was unable to continue in his duties as a representative of members of the Society,” the statement reads. “Ben will be missed as a member of our team and SSMU thanks him for his service to the Society.”

The resignation follows Igor Sadikov’s resignation as arts representative on the council on March 8, and David Aird’s resignation as vice-president (external affairs) on Feb. 22.

Sadikov had been under pressure from inside and outside McGill to resign from the council and from the SSMU board of directors after he tweeted “punch a zionist today” on Feb. 6. After apologizing but refusing to resign for several weeks, Sadikov finally relented and resigned from the Board of Directors on Feb. 23 and from the SSMU council on March 8.