# Morocco names its first female prime minister after election win

https://mins.news/en/item/79088

- BBC News, 2026-09-29 17:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c674kkjllw17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Zahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first female prime minister after her Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in last week’s parliamentary election. The 50-year-old lawyer and longtime Marrakesh mayor will need to build a coalition, as her party holds 97 of 395 seats.

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