King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima Al-Zahra Al-Mansouri as Morocco’s prime minister

King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Al-Zahra Al-Mansouri as Morocco’s prime minister and tasked her with forming a new government, the Moroccan news agency said. The king met Al-Mansouri at the royal palace in Rabat for the appointment, which would make her the country’s first woman prime minister. She previously served as minister of territorial planning, urbanism, housing and city policy from 2021 to 2026. Al-Mansouri holds an Anglo-Saxon law degree from Pace University in the United States, a diploma in advanced studies in the law of commercial contracts from the University of Montpellier, and a bachelor’s degree in private law from Mohammed V University in Rabat.