Morocco’s King Appoints First Woman Prime Minister

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King of Morocco Mohammed VI has named Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister, making the 50-year-old the first woman to hold the role in the kingdom and the third woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world. The royal palace said in a statement that El Mansouri, an urban planning minister and the mayor of Marrakesh, was tasked with forming a new government.