Morocco appoints first woman PM, El Mansouri, after PAM election win

King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won the September 23 parliamentary election. The appointment marks a historic shift in Moroccan politics, positioning the liberal-centrist PAM as a counterweight to the Islamist Justice and Development Party. The move signals a potential policy realignment, though the king retains significant executive power.