Portrait of Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco's first female prime minister

Morocco Appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as First Female Prime Minister

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Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a lawyer and politician from the Authenticity and Modernity Party, as its prime minister. This marks a historic first for Morocco and makes her only the second woman to lead a government in North Africa.

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