Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Tuesday officially appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country's first female prime minister. The designation follows the recent parliamentary elections in which her liberal-centrist political entity, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), secured a leading 97 seats in the 395-seat House of Representatives—defeating its nearest competitor by a margin of 31 seats.
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