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Morocco Names First Female Prime Minister After PAM Forms Majority Coalition

The 207-seat coalition will now propose a cabinet to tackle high youth unemployment, cost-of-living pressures and final 2030 World Cup work under the king’s continued authority.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI receives Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, who was appointed Morocco's first woman prime minister, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco, September 29, 2026. Moroccan Royal Palace/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri's party has pledged to raise incomes and regulate markets, while making youth employment a priority. EPA

Overview

  • Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri was appointed prime minister by King Mohammed VI and her Authenticity and Modernity Party led talks that produced a four-party pact holding 207 seats, clearing the 198-seat majority.
  • The coalition agreement, announced on Monday, moves the process from dealmaking to cabinet nominations, with the partners saying they will next present a lineup of ministers.
  • The incoming government lists youth employment, raising incomes and market regulation as top priorities and has pledged a programme to support roughly one million young people.
  • El Mansouri will also oversee the final stages of about $20 billion in infrastructure and logistics work for Morocco’s role co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Portugal and Spain.
  • Policy scope will remain shaped by the monarchy because the king keeps control of defence, foreign policy and other strategic portfolios, leaving limits on how far the new cabinet can shift state direction.