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Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri (born 3 January 1976) is a Moroccan politician and lawyer who is the prime minister of Morocco since 29 September 2026. She is the first woman to hold the office. A member of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), she previously served as mayor of Marrakesh, first from 2009 to 2015, and then since 2021.

El Mansouri studied law in France. She joined the PAM in the 2000s and won a seat on the city council in 2009, after which she was selected as mayor of Marrakesh. El Mansouri later served as Minister of National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy under Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch. On 29 September 2026, she was appointed Prime Minister of Morocco by King Mohammed VI after her party won a plurality of seats in the 2026 general election.