King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Zahra Mansouri as Morocco’s first woman prime minister and tasked her with forming a coalition government after her party won the most votes in recent elections.
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- Sep 29, 2026, 07:13 PM
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country’s prime minister, making the 50-year-old lawyer the first woman to hold the position in the Muslim kingdom, the royal palace said in a statement.








