Power Shift

Morocco Names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Its First Female Prime Minister

Sourced from 4 publications

  • •Mansouri was appointed after her party won elections, following Morocco's constitutional process in which the king names the PM from the winning party.
  • •She previously served as the longtime mayor of Marrakesh before being tasked with forming a new government.
  • •Her appointment makes her the second woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world, after Tunisia's Najla Bouden in 2021.
  • •The Royal Palace statement confined itself to announcing her mandate to form a government, according to PBS NewsHour.

Sources

King appoints Morocco’s first female prime minister

Al Jazeera

Morocco's king appoints Fatima Zahra Mansouri as country's 1st woman prime minis...

PBS NewsHour

Morocco’s king names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri first woman PM

Al Jazeera

First female prime minister named in Morocco after winning elections

BBC World

🔴 Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes first woman prime minister...

France24

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