Moroccan Prime Minister Fatima Mansouri forms a four-party coalition

On September 29, King Mohammed VI appointed the coordinator of the collective leadership of the latter, Fatima Zahra Mansouri, as Prime Minister, tasked with forming a ministerial team for five years, becoming the first woman to hold this position in the history of Morocco.

The statement added that the four parties will propose "names of female and male ministers who possess competence, political sense, integrity, and honesty, within a harmonious and strong government, capable of implementing the contents of the government program that will be prepared as soon as possible."

The members of the government, proposed by Mansouri, will be appointed by King Mohammed VI. It is customary for ministers of strategic sectors, such as the Interior and Foreign Affairs, to be appointed from outside political parties.

The announced majority represents 207 seats out of 395 in the House of Representatives, and marks the return of the Socialist Union and Progress and Socialism parties (center-left) to the government after five years in parliamentary opposition.

The next government faces several political and social challenges, foremost among them restoring confidence in political institutions, and addressing youth unemployment and social and regional disparities.