Morocco appoints first female prime minister

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister and directed her to form a new government.
The appointment came after the September 23 parliamentary election, in which El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party, PAM, won the highest number of seats in the 395-member House of Representatives.
The Royal Palace announced the appointment on Tuesday, saying the King received El Mansouri at the Royal Palace in Rabat before naming her head of government in line with the country’s constitution.
PAM secured 97 seats in the election, followed by the National Rally of Independents with 66 seats and the Istiqlal Party with 65....