🔴 Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes first woman prime minister of Morocco

We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Morocco's king appoints Marrakesh mayor El Mansouri as first woman prime minister King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister on Tuesday after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the mayor of Marakkesh, attends a rally ahead September 23 parliamentary polls. © Mosa'ab Elshamy, AP The king of Morocco on Tuesday named 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 Mohamed VI at the royal palace and was "tasked with forming the new government", the cabinet said.

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