Morocco Names Fatima Zahra El Mansouri First Female Prime Minister After Election Sweep
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 29
Morocco Names Fatima Zahra El Mansouri First Female Prime Minister After Election Sweep
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 29
Summary
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri became Morocco’s first female prime minister on Tuesday after her Authenticity and Modernity Party swept parliamentary elections last week.
King Mohammed VI issued a royal decree tasking Mansouri with forming a new cabinet, likely a coalition with other political groups.
2030 World Cup preparations will be one of her highest-profile tests, alongside unemployment and migration pressures after tens of thousands rushed Spain’s Ceuta exclave in July.
Mansouri, a lawyer who has served as housing minister and mayor of Marrakesh, is only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.