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The Moroccan Monarch, King Mohammed VI, appointed Fatima Zahra Al-Mansouri as Prime Minister on Tuesday, making her the first woman to hold this position in Morocco.
According to the Moroccan News Agency, Al-Mansouri's appointment came after her party, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, which belongs to the liberal centrist trend, topped the results of the parliamentary elections held on September 23.
The agency said: "The Ministry of Royal Palace, Honors and Medals announces that His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, received on Tuesday, 17 Rabi' al-Thani 1448 AH corresponding to September 29, 2026 AD, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Fatima Zahra Al-Mansouri, coordinator of the collective leadership of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, and appointed her, by virtue of Article 47 of the Constitution, as Prime Minister, and tasked her with forming the new government."
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