First female prime minister named in Morocco after winning elections

September 29, 2026 · 5:14 pm 4 sources

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• First female prime minister named in Morocco after winning elections
  BBC News · September 29, 2026 17:14
  Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.
• Morocco’s King Names a Female Prime Minister, in a Historic First
  The New York Times · September 29, 2026 20:40
  Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a lawyer and politician from the centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, is only the second woman to lead the government of a North African country.

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• Morocco’s king names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri first woman PM
  Al Jazeera · September 29, 2026 18:10
  Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes the second woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world.
• Morocco: King appoints first woman prime minister
  Deutsche Welle · September 29, 2026 19:56
  The appointment of Fatima Zahra Mansouri comes after her center-right party won last week's parliamentary elections in Morocco. She had previously served as mayor of the city of Marrakesh.