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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Morocco’s king appoints first-ever female PM after party wins election
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Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Moroccan minister and mayor of Marrakech, takes part in an electoral rally for Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) in Tangier, Morocco, September 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
RABAT, Morocco — The king of Morocco names Marrakesh Mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first-ever woman prime minister, the royal cabinet said, after her party won last week’s parliamentary election.
El Mansouri, who has also served as the kingdom’s minister of habitat, was received by King Mohammed VI at the royal palace and was “tasked with forming the new government”, the cabinet said.
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