# JUST IN: Morocco's king appoints first woman prime minister

https://mins.news/en/item/79013

- Reuters, 2026-09-29 16:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/moroccos-king-appoints-first-woman-pm-following-sept-23-election-2026-09-29/

> King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first woman prime minister, the royal palace said, after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in the September 23 parliamentary election.

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