Politics
Morocco Forms New Government Under First Female Prime Minister
Anadolu · 2 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Anadolu
AI SUMMARY
Morocco announced a 32-member cabinet led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, marking the country's first female prime minister heading a four-party coalition.
- King Mohammed VI presided over the appointment ceremony of the new cabinet at the Royal Palace in Rabat on Friday.
- Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri is the first Moroccan woman to serve as prime minister.
- The new government is formed by a four-party coalition comprising the Authenticity and Modernity Party, the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, and the Party of Progress and Socialism.
- The cabinet includes 32 members, comprising ministers and ministers-delegate.
- The new government includes seven women, compared to six in the previous administration led by Aziz Akhannouch.
- Abdelouafi Laftit remains interior minister, Nasser Bourita as foreign minister, Abdellatif Ouahbi as justice minister, and Ahmed Toufiq as minister of Islamic affairs and endowments.
- A new Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation and Administrative Reform was established, headed by Ahmed Rahhou.
- King Mohammed VI tasked El Mansouri with forming a government on September 29 after her Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 seats in the September 23 elections.
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