King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on Tuesday (September 29) as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said.

The king asked El Mansouri to form a new government, the palace said in a statement.

El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) was created in 2008 by an adviser to the king and has since positioned itself as a counterweight to the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) by advocating social modernisation and secular-leaning views.

Morocco is a constitutional monarchy where the king retains sweeping powers over foreign policy, defense and other key portfolios.

Under Morocco's constitution, the king appoints the head of government from the political party that wins the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives.

In recent years, King Mohammed VI had appointed a female adviser and Morocco has had women in senior institutional roles. The outgoing government had four women ministers.

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RABAT, MOROCCO (SEPTEMBER 29, 2026) (AL OULA TV - No use Morocco)

1. VARIOUS OF MOROCCO'S KING MOHAMMED VI RECEIVING NEWLY-APPOINTED FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER, FATIMA EZZAHRA EL MANSOURI / KING AND MANSOURI SHAKING HANDS / GREETING EACH OTHER AND TALKING AT ROYAL PALACE