# What Morocco’s first female premier means for the Arab world

https://mins.news/en/video/80836

- DW News, 2026-09-30 18:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdANsCrKkac

> Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has become Morocco’s first woman to head the government and one of only a few women to reach the Arab world’s highest executive offices. Her rise follows an election win by her Authenticity and Modernity Party, opening a new chapter in Moroccan politics, though it remains unclear whether the change will be substantive or mostly symbolic.

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