Morocco’s king appoints first woman prime minister

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Moroccan King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister, making her the first woman to hold the post in the nation's history. The appointment follows the September 23 parliamentary elections, in which Mansouri's Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) secured first place with 97 seats, the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced in an official