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Morocco appoints first woman prime minister
The story so farKing Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the long-time mayor of Marrakesh and a lawyer from the PAM, as Morocco's first woman prime minister on Tuesday, after PAM came out on top in the September 23 parliamentary election. A royal decree tasked El Mansouri with forming a new cabinet, which is likely to be a coalition government with other political groups. Her appointment is the first time a woman has headed Morocco's government and only the second time a woman has led a government in the Arab world, according to Al Jazeera, and the second in North Africa, according to The New York Times.
Still watching
- How quickly will El Mansouri form her cabinet and present its programme?
- Will El Mansouri's government address the demands of the youth protest movement that drove last year's mass protests?
- Which parties will join El Mansouri's coalition cabinet, and how many portfolios will PAM hold versus the RNI?
- What policy priorities will a PAM-led government pursue, particularly on economic and social issues?
- How did the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which led the previous government before 2021, perform in this election?
How it developed
Morocco appoints first woman prime minister
- King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the long-time mayor of Marrakesh and a lawyer from the PAM, as Morocco's first woman prime minister on Tuesday, after PAM came out on top in the September 23 parliamentary election.
- A royal decree tasked El Mansouri with forming a new cabinet, which is likely to be a coalition government with other political groups.
- Her appointment is the first time a woman has headed Morocco's government and only the second time a woman has led a government in the Arab world, according to Al Jazeera, and the second in North Africa, according to The New York Times.
Morocco Authenticity and Modernity Party wins parliamentary election
Morocco parliamentary election results
- Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), which is aligned with the monarchy, won the most seats in the country's parliamentary election, taking 97 out of 395 seats.
- PAM's coalition partners in the outgoing government — the RNI and at least one other party — followed PAM in seat counts, suggesting continuity in the governing alliance.
- Voter turnout in the Moroccan parliamentary election fell to approximately 38 percent.
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