Morocco appoints first female prime minister

RABAT — King Mohammed VI of Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister and tasked her with forming a new government.
The appointment followed the September 23 parliamentary election, in which El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) emerged with the largest 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 and appointed her head of government in accordance with the constitution.
PAM won 97 seats, ahead of the National Rally of Independents, which secured 66 seats, and the Istiqlal Party, whic...