tisdag 29 september 2026

Morocco gets first female prime minister

 

Fatima Ezzahra el Mansouri becomes Morocco's new prime minister. File photo. Photo: Mosa'ab Elshamy /AP/TT

On Tuesday, King Mohammed VI of Morocco appointed Fatima Ezzahra el Mansouri as prime minister. She thus becomes the country's first female head of government.

The 50-year-old has previously served as Minister of Urban Planning and as mayor of the major city of Marrakech. With this appointment, she is tasked with forming a government.

Her center-right party, PAM, secured 97 of the parliament's 395 seats in the election held four days ago. To form a government, she will need to enter into a coalition with other parties.

Mansouri is the second woman—after Tunisia's Najla Bouden—to be appointed head of government in the Arab world.

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