Morocco's king appoints first woman prime minister following election

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party won the September 23 parliamentary election. The palace said the king asked her to form a new government.

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Sept 29 (Reuters) - King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on Tuesday as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. The king asked El Mansouri to form a new government, the palace said in a statement.