Fatima El Mansouri has been elected as Morocco’s first
female prime minister after her party won the most seats in the parliamentary
elections held in the North African country.
King Mohammed VI named El Mansouri as the country’s prime
minister on Tuesday and tasked her with forming a new government, the Royal
Palace said in a statement.
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy, but the king retains
significant powers. Under the constitution, the king appoints the head of
government from the political party that wins the most seats in the house of
representatives.
The 50-year-old attorney was previously the mayor of
Marrakech before her appointment as prime minister. She is the second woman to
serve as prime minister in the Arab world, after Tunisia’s Najla Bouden.
Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football
Federation and a figure in the king’s aligned Authenticity and Modernity Party
(AMP), was El Mansouri’s strongest contender.
El Mansouri’s government will oversee the final stages of a
$20-billion push to prepare Morocco for the 2030 World Cup, which the country
will co-host with Portugal and Spain.
She will also be tasked with implementing economic policies
aimed at addressing widespread youth discontent, an issue highlighted by a mass
border rush on the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July and deadly Gen-Z-led
protests last year.
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