King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Head of Government, to become the first female Head of Government in Morocco's history
King Mohammed VI, in Tuesday, 29th of September, have appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a Moroccan lawyer, Mayor of Marrakesh, and the former Ministeresw of National Territorial Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, as well as the leader of Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), as the head of the government, to become the first female Head of government in Morocco's history.
This decision came amid the Morocco's legistlatif élections held in 23 September in which the PAM lead the results with 97 seats in the parliament. The head of government still need 101 seats to be able to form the government, therefore need to form a coalition with other parties that also hold seats in the parliament.
According to the article 47 of the 2011 Moroccan constituon, the king is the one who appoint the head of government from the party winning the first in the elections, without specifying if the head of government should be the secretary general of the party or not, however, since 2011, it's been a long stranding practice for the king of Morocco to appoint the secretary general of the first place winning party as the head of government.