Morocco's King Mohammed VI named Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's prime minister on Tuesday, making the 50-year-old attorney the first woman to hold the office in the Muslim kingdom.
Mansouri, who until her nomination also was the mayor of Marrakech, was tasked with forming a new government, the Royal Palace said in a statement. The announcement came four days after results of parliamentary elections were announced, with Mansouri’s centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, or PAM, scoring the highest votes.
