Morocco appoints its first woman prime minister

Morocco ’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as head of the government, one week after her party won the legislative elections . For the first time in its history, the North African kingdom will be led by a woman. “This is truly a historic moment,” El Mansouri told public media after her audience at the royal palace. “For the first time in our country’s history, a woman is taking on the responsibility of leading the government. This is not only a source of pride for me, but for all Moroccan women,” she added. At 50, the lawyer becomes the thrid woman in the Arab world to reach this position, after Najla Bouden and Sarra Zaafarani in Tunisia .