Morocco's King Appoints Marrakesh Mayor El Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister
She must build a coalition and deliver investment plans tied to the 2030 FIFA World Cup, while addressing inflation, wages and jobs.
- On Tuesday, King Mohammed VI appointed Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as Morocco's prime minister, making her the first woman to hold the position in the Muslim kingdom.
- Mansouri's Authenticity and Modernity Party secured 97 seats in last week's legislative elections; because this falls short of the 198 seats required for an absolute majority, she must now negotiate a governing coalition.
- A lawyer by training, the 50-year-old Mansouri previously served as mayor of Marrakech and Urban Planning Minister, becoming the second woman to lead an Arab government after Tunisia's Najla Bouden.
- Tasked with forming a cabinet, the prime minister-designate faces pressure to address inflation and unemployment; she stated on Thursday she has no "red lines" in coalition negotiations, aiming to finalize leadership ahead of a $20-billion push for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
- This appointment signals a shift in integrating women into senior institutional roles, though the new government faces the challenge of addressing widespread youth discontent, reflected in election turnout that fell to about 38% from around 50% five years ago.
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Fatima Zahra Mansouri became the first head of government in Morocco's history after her party's recent victory in the general elections. She was asked by the king to form the government that will lead the country until the 2030 World Cup. PortraitThe career of Fatima Zahra Mansouri, Morocco's new prime minister, was sown with obstacles. At the beginning of summer 2009, she became, at 33 years old, the first woman to lead a Moroccan metropolis, …
This article was first published through Cedarnews.net. To follow up on more exclusive news and reports, Zorona, on our website. The Moroccan monarch, Mohammed VI, coordinator of the collective leadership of the Party of Originism and Contemporary, Fatima Zahra Mansuri, commissioned the formation of the new government, after its party had issued the legislative elections, to become the first woman to take up this task in Morocco's history. This …
King Mohammed VI of Morocco appointed the Minister of Urbanism, Fátima Zahra Mansouri, as the country's prime minister on Tuesday, making the 50-year-old lawyer the first woman to take office in...
Her name is Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri. On Tuesday, she was appointed Prime Minister. This is the first time a woman is going to hold this position. For sure, it inspired the pencil of our cartoonist Bauer.
Meet Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the lawyer who rose from Marrakesh politics to Morocco’s top government post
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri’s political career has taken her from the municipal council of Marrakesh to the country’s highest government read more Meet Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the lawyer who rose from Marrakesh politics to Morocco’s top government post
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