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Fatima Zahra Mansouri becomes Morocco’s first woman prime minister

Source: Euronews · 30 Sep 2026, 04:21 UTC
Fatima Zahra Mansouri becomes Morocco’s first woman prime minister
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister. Her Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most votes in the parliamentary election, and she must now form a coalition government.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Zahra Mansouri as prime minister, making her the first woman to hold the office in the country, according to a Royal Palace statement. Mansouri, 50, was urban planning minister and mayor of Marrakech before her appointment. She has been tasked with forming a new government after her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, known as PAM, won the highest number of votes in parliamentary elections.

She is the second woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world after Tunisia’s Najla Bouden, according to the supplied material. Morocco’s electoral system makes it difficult for one party to secure an absolute majority, meaning Mansouri is expected to negotiate a coalition. PAM has said it is willing to work with all parties.

The moderate Islamist Justice and Development party and the left-wing Federation of Democratic Left have said they intend to remain in opposition. The new government is expected to oversee investment linked to the 2030 FIFA World Cup, while addressing promises to fight inflation, raise wages and create jobs. Mansouri joined PAM when it was created in 2008 and became one of its senior leaders in 2024.

She studied law at the University of Montpellier in France and has twice served as mayor of Marrakech. Her appointment follows a constitutional change introduced after the 2011 Arab Spring protests, under which the king must choose the prime minister from the party winning the most parliamentary seats.

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