First female prime minister named in Morocco after winning elections
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri has been named Morocco's first female prime minister, after her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won the most seats in last week's parliamentary elections.
Morocco's first female prime minister, Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, has been announced following her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) winning the most seats in the recent parliamentary elections. This makes El Mansouri only the second female head of government in the Arab world, the other being Tunisia's Najla Bouden.
She was selected by King Mohammed VI over the country's football chief, Fouzi Lekjaa. El Mansouri, 50, previously served as the mayor of Marrakesh and a minister in the previous coalition government. As the leader of Morocco's constitutional monarchy, El Mansouri will now have to negotiate a coalition with other parties to form a government, as her party does not have a majority in the 395-member parliament.
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