# Morocco's king appoints first woman prime minister

https://mins.news/en/item/79243

- DW, 2026-09-29 19:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/morocco-king-appoints-first-woman-prime-minister/a-79479722?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Morocco's royal cabinet says King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's first female prime minister and tasked her with forming a government. Her center-right Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 of 395 parliamentary seats in last week's election, which had the lowest turnout in two decades.

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