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Fatima Aara Elmansuri's appointment

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King Mohammed VI has appointed Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri head of government, Morocco's first woman in the role. Her PAM won 97 of 395 seats, so she must build a majority; consultations with other parties have begun, and on October 3 PAM's National Council gave her full authority to negotiate. No coalition has been announced yet.

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  1. Update 1Morocco's First Woman Head of Government Holds 97 Seats and Needs 198

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    Morocco's First Woman Head of Government Holds 97 Seats and Needs 198

    Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has the King's mandate and her party's blessing to negotiate. As of October 5 she has no coalition, no cabinet and no programme.

    What moved

    • King Mohammed VI appoints El Mansouri Head of Government and tasks her with forming a government.
    • PAM's National Council gives her full authority to negotiate the next governing majority.

    Still open after this report

    • Which parties will actually join, and on what terms.
    • Whether a PJD meeting will ever take place, and what Istiqlal's seat total is. The 65 in a secondary table is unconfirmed.
    • The exact constitutional wording on the confidence vote and the cabinet-proposal process.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Fatima Ezzahra El MansouriPrime Minister of Morocco since 20261 report
  • Mohammed VI of Moroccoking of Morocco since 19991 report

Organizations

  • Authenticity and Modernity PartyMoroccan political party1 report
  • Justice and Development PartyMoroccan political party1 report
  • National Rally of IndependentsMoroccan political party1 report

Places

  • MarrakeshMarrakesh, Morocco1 report
  • MoroccoMorocco1 report
  • RabatRabat, Morocco1 report

Every outlet we read on this story

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