Morocco’s
King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the nation’s first
female prime minister on Tuesday.
The 50-year-old
urban planning minister and mayor of Marrakesh becomes only the second woman in
the Arab world to assume this leadership position. The royal palace released a
formal statement entrusting El Mansouri with the task of forming a new
government.
Speaking
during a televised address, El Mansouri reflected on the milestone. She said, “For
the first time in...