Morocco's king appoints first woman prime minister following election

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country's first female prime minister. According to Al-Monitor, she was appointed after her liberal-centrist party won the September 23 parliamentary election. The royal palace said the king asked El Mansouri to form a new government.

DW English reported that El Mansouri's Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won 97 out of 395 seats in the House of Representatives, 31 more than the next closest competitor. The vote had the lowest turnout in two decades. El Mansouri said she was proud to be leading the government, adding it was a source of pride for all Moroccan women.

El Mansouri is the second woman in the Arab world to serve as prime minister, after Najla Bouden, who served in Tunisia from 2021 to 2023, according to DW English and DW News. Her government will need to address key issues such as fighting inflation, raising wages, and creating jobs, while overseeing significant investments linked to Morocco's co-hosting of major events.

Brief written by urgent.news from Al-Monitor, DW English (Top Stories), DW News — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.