RabatEl Mansouri becomes only the Arab world’s second female premier.
Her Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 seats but needs a coalition partner to govern.
Morocco’s constitution obliges the king to pick the premier from the top party, yet he still controls security, religion and foreign policy.
“We have turned the page,” El Mansouri said, dropping her campaign refusal to ally with the outgoing coalition partner.
She has yet to name a coalition partner, after ruling out the RNI during campaigning over food-price blame.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- The Jerusalem Post
- frames PAM as secular-modernizing counterweight to Islamist PJD, emphasizes party's 2008 creation by royal adviser
- BBC
- explores tension between her appointment and gender-separated Islamic ceremonies at which king presides, reports her diplomatic deflection to praise king
- Bloomberg Business
Sources: The Jerusalem Post, BBC, Bloomberg Business