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Morocco's King appointed Fatima al-Mansoori as prime minister, the first woman in the position
King Mohammed VI tasked Fatima al-Mansoori, head of the Authenticity and Modernity party, with forming a new government after her party won 97 out of 395 parliamentary seats. Al-Mansoori, 50, is a lawyer who served as minister in the government and as mayor of Marrakesh, and is the first woman in the kingdom's history to lead the government. Now she will need to conduct coalition negotiations, as her party falls short of a majority.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima al-Zahra al-Mansoori as prime minister and tasked her with forming a new government after the Authenticity and Modernity party, which she heads, won the most seats in parliamentary elections, making al-Mansoori the first woman in the kingdom's history to lead the government.
According to a royal palace statement, the King met with al-Mansoori at the Rabat Palace and appointed her to the position in accordance with Article 47 of the constitution, which requires the King to choose the prime minister from among the party that won the most seats in Parliament. In elections held on September 23, her party won 97 out of 395 seats, ahead of the Rally of National Independents, which received 66 seats, and the Istiqlal party, which received 65. Voter turnout was approximately 38 percent only.
Al-Mansoori, 50, is a lawyer by profession. Since 2021 she served as minister of territorial planning, urban planning, housing and city policy, and concurrently as mayor of Marrakesh, to which she was elected in 2009 at age 33. In 2008 she was among the founders of the Authenticity and Modernity party, and in 2024 was elected as one of its collective leadership members.
Al-Mansoori's party falls short of a majority in Parliament, so she will need to conduct coalition negotiations. She has already announced that there will be no "red lines" from her perspective in talks to form the government, and said upon her appointment that she will work to present the King with a government "that will be at the level of the King's expectations and those of all citizens."
According to the report, since the 2011 constitutional reforms, the King has been required to appoint the prime minister from among the party that finished first, but the monarchy continues to hold broad powers in foreign policy, security and the strategic direction of the state. The new government will need to lead economic reforms and complete preparations for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will host together with Spain and Portugal.
Source: Maariv
